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Tanzania arrests top opposition leader, blocks protest

Tanzania opposition leader Tundu Lissu. [File, Standard]

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

Despite an official ban, the opposition Chadema party had vowed to go ahead with the rally over the alleged kidnapping and killing of its members by security forces.

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