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Tanzania Opposition Vows More Election Protests, Despite Police Crackdown

Charles Kombe

   DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA - One week after Tanzania's general election in
   which President John Magufuli was declared the winner, the opposition
   is still demanding a rerun of the poll, which they said was full of
   irregularities.

   Police stopped opposition parties from holding protests Monday, a day
   after they arrested the head of the main opposition party and charged
   him with terrorism.

   Speaking to state media Sunday evening, Dar es Salaam regional police
   commander Lazaro Mambosasa accused the opposition of planning violence
   that included burning petrol stations and setting fire to citizens'
   cars.

   However, at a news conference Sunday, protest organizers said they were
   going to hold a peaceful demonstration.

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