Police bar Besigye from rally, round up opposition leaders

Daily Mail
Tanzanian police arrest leading opposition figure at rally
Daily Mail
DAR ES SALAAM, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Tanzanian police arrested a senior opposition figure and 32 supporters, officials said on Wednesday, at an allegedly illegal rally where police used tear gas to scatter demonstrators. Tanzania is due to hold a referendum ...
Tanzanian opposition chief charged with organising protestPeninsula On-line
Tanzanian opposition to boycott constitution voteJournal of Turkish Weekly
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Zanzibar police ban opposition rally, cites terror threat
Turkish Press
DODOMA – Police in Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous part of Tanzania, on Saturday banned a public rally by the opposition against the draft constitution, citing terrorist threats. "We don't have problems with opposition here," Zanzibar police spokesperson ...
Deputy Minister for Finance, Mwigulu NchembaIPPmedia
UKAWA meeting cancelled in ZanzibarDaily News
Tanzania opposition quits constitution-drafting...

Several explosions and gunfire hit an opposition rally in southern Nigeria ahead of next month's elections, reports say.

Police have arrested the former leader of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Dr Kizza Besigye, at his home in Kasangati and whisked him off to an unknown place.

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Tanzanian Opposition Leader Charged With Holding Illegal Rally
AllAfrica.com
A Tanzanian court on Wednesday (January 28th) charged an opposition party leader with holding a political rally without a permit, AFP reported. Police arrested Civil United Front (CUF) national chairperson Ibrahim Lipumba, along with 30 other party ...
Home Affairs minister, Mathias ChikaweIPPmedia
Police defend use of force on CUF demonstratorsDaily News

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Tanzanians raise £100,000 to support opposition politicians convicted for holding rally  The Independent

The Civic United Front (CUF) national chairman, Prof Ibrahim Lipumba, yesterday addressed hundreds of supporters at Sisi kwa Sisi Street, Manzese, Dar es Salaam, in the absence of police.

Police in Zanzibar had to suspend a planned political rally by opposition Civic United Front (CUF) on Tumbatu Island after reported chaos led to the burning of a Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) flag.

The Guardian
Tanzanian police question Masai protest leader before rally
The Guardian
Police in Tanzania broke up a peaceful gathering of hundreds of Masai last week and questioned one of the leaders of a burgeoning campaign against plans to turn their ancestral homeland into a hunting ground for members of the United Arab Emirates royal ...