Tanzania opposition leaders arrested on eve of election protests
In this file photo taken on March 14, 2020 Tanzania's Chadema party chairman Freeman Mbowe (C) arrives at the party's headquarters after being released from Segerea prison in Dar es Salaam.
The two main opposition parties, Chadema and ACT-Wazalendo, rejected the ruling party's overwhelming victory and termed the elections “a fraud and travesty”.
Police say they have arrested top Chadema leaders, including national chair Freeman Mbowe, over the planned protests.
Dar es Salaam,
Several opposition leaders and officials in Tanzania are reportedly under arrest as police take actions to forestall planned demonstrations called to protest the outcome of the General Election on October 28.
