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Family of missing Tanzania government critic petitions court for answers

Former Tanzania Ambassador Humprey Polepole, and a government critic who has been missing. [Sourced]

The family of a former Tanzanian ambassador-turned-government-critic filed a petition in court on Thursday to demand information on his whereabouts after saying he was abducted from his home.

Humphrey Polepole resigned in July as ambassador to Cuba and released a damning letter of resignation in which he criticised increasing authoritarianism in Tanzania.

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