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Tanzania police investigate reported abduction of envoy who criticised government

Tanzania's former Ambassador to Cuba, Humphrey Polepole. 

Tanzania's former Ambassador to Cuba, Humphrey Polepole. 

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By  The Citizen Reporter  &  Agencies

What you need to know:

  • The envoy quit his ambassador job earlier this year, saying he could no longer be part of President Samia Suluhu's administration.
  • He was then formally stripped of his diplomatic status.

Dar es Salaam. Tanzanian Police say they are looking into claims that the country's former Ambassador to Cuba, Humphrey Polepole, has been abducted.

Polepole is an outspoken government critic.

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