Bloomberg 22 hours ago
Tanzanian police arrested the leader of the opposition Alliance for Change and Transparency after he gave a speech about the current state of the country’s economy. The authorities detained Zitto Kabwe on Tuesday and he’s currently being questioned about the speech he made on Oct. 29 in Dar es Salaam, the commercial capital, Abdallah Khamis, the ACT’s spokesman, said by phone. Kabwe’s speech covered issues including “the quality of life of Tanzanians, the state of the economy and how to defeat the ruling party,” Khamis said. President John Magufuli has cracked down on opposition to his administration and closed several newspapers since he came to power in November 2015, stoking fears that the space for political dissent in sub-Saharan Africa’s sixth-biggest economy is shrinking. ...
No comments:
Post a Comment