Tanzania arrests top opposition figure Lissu in mass round-up

FILE - Tanzanian opposition stalwart Tundu Lissu reacts to supporters upon his return after about five years in exile, at the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam on January 25, 2023.

Tanzanian police have detained leading opposition Chadema party figures including former presidential candidate Tundu Lissu, and rounded up several hundred youth supporters, a Chadema official said on Monday.