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Tanzania opposition threatens protests over abductions

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Tanzania's main opposition party leader, Freeman Mbowe. [Reuters]

Tanzania's main opposition party has threatened to launch mass protests after accusing the authorities of the "killings and abductions" of its members.

The Chadema party said late Wednesday that it would take to the streets of the commercial capital Dar es Salaam on September 23 unless recent disappearances were investigated and missing members "brought back alive or dead".

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