Tundu Lissu among Tanzania's top Chadema figures arrested in crackdown

President Samia last year lifted a ban on opposition rallies and pledged to restore competitive politics.

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It says the three were detained on Sunday in the south-western town of Mbeya, on the eve of their planned rally to mark the World Youth Day.

The reported arrests come a year after President Samia Hassan lifted a ban on opposition gatherings and promised to restore competitive politics.

On Sunday the police banned the Chadema rally saying it was intended to cause violence.

They cited the party's rallying call for people to come together like the "youth in Kenya" - apparently referring to the weeks of deadly anti-government demonstrations in the neighbouring East African country.

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