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Tanzania opposition party calls for court demos as police issue ban

Tanzanian main opposition chief Tundu Lissu waves from his wheelchair on January 5, 2018 in Nairobi, after being discharged from hospital in September 2017. [AFP]

Tanzania's main opposition party on Thursday called on its supporters to demonstrate at a courthouse where its leader is set to appear next week on treason charges, despite police warnings against the protest.

The east African nation's authorities have increasingly cracked down on its opposition and last week Chadema leader Tundu Lissu was detained along with other party members.

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