Tension brews in Tanzania as police ban this week’s rallies
Tanzania's opposition party Chadema is expected to conduct countrywide rallies beginning September 1, 2016 despite ban by police. PHOTO | FILE
Four police officers were shot dead by armed men outside a Dar es Salaam bank last week, triggering finger-pointing between the police and the opposition.
While the police said the incident was politically motivated, opposition party Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) claimed the killings were carried out to justify a crackdown on the opposition.
