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Tanzania opposition leaders arrested amid crackdown on dissent

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Freeman Mbowe , the chair of the Chadema party, was arrested on Monday .

The party’s deputy chair, Tundu Lissu , was taken from his home in the city in a fleet of 11 vehicles.

The arrests came on the day Chadema had planned to protest against the alleged disappearances and killings of its members and other government critics.