Tanzania: Dar es Salaam Mayor in Detention Over Demonstration

Dar es Salaam — Main opposition party (Chadema) lawyers were in a race against time late yesterday to secure bail for the Dar es Salaam mayor, Mr Isaya Mwita.

By 4:30pm, the mayor, who was arrested by police for allegation of leading an unlawful demonstration, had already spent 24 hours at the Chang'ombe police station.

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