DAR ES SALAAM - Tanzania’s main opposition party, the Party for Democracy and Progress, also known as Chadema, says police have detained their leader Freeman Mbowe. Mbowe was arrested before he was scheduled to speak at a conference to announce demands for constitutional reforms. The statement from Chadema’s Communication Director John Mrema, shared on Twitter, says Freeman Mbowe and 10 other Chadema members were rounded up at night in Tanzania’s northwestern port city of Mwanza. “We want the police to come out and say where the chairman is and why he was arrested,” the opposition party statement said. The Chama Cha Mapinduzi is the country’s ruling party and the second longest ruling party on the continent.

Source: Ethiopian News July 21, 2021 13:41 UTC