Tanzania arrests top opposition figure Lissu, other leaders: party

Tanzanian police have arrested leading opposition Chadema party figure Tundu Lissu and other top officials, a Chadema official said.

They were arrested in the southwestern city of Mbeya, where the party was due to hold a rally on Monday to mark International Youth Day. Chadema's communications and foreign affairs director, John Mrema, posted on X late Sunday.

AFP