Tanzania arrests Chadema official en route to Brussels political conference
Chadema deputy secretary-general for Mainland, Amani Golugwa, speaking to journalists at the party headquarters in Mikocheni, Dar es Salaam,on May 10, 2025.
Tanzanian authorities arrested a senior opposition official as he was departing for a political conference in Belgium, his party said on Tuesday, as fears grow of an escalating crackdown ahead of an October election.
While President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who plans to seek re-election, says the government is committed to respecting human rights, a recent string of high-profile arrests has thrust her record into the spotlight.
