One of Tanzania's most high-profile opposition figures Tundu Lissu was arrested Monday, his party said, as police moved to block a mass protest in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam.

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Police in Tanzania have detained leading leaders of the main opposition Chadema party, and about a dozen others, ahead of a banned demonstration on Monday (September 23) called to protest alleged ...

Tanzanian police have detained opposition party vice-president Tundu Lissu ahead of a banned protest in Dar es Salaam, ...