Politically motivated arrests have often occurred under former President John Magufuli, who died in March. Many in Tanzania expect them to end up under incumbent President Samia Suluhu Hassan, Magufuli’s former deputy. Hassan reversed Tanzania’s practice of denying the spread of COVID-19 in the East African country, and she asked media outlets with suspended licenses to re-register.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/main-tanzania-opposition-party-says-leader-arrested-missing/2021/07/21/7e0998da-ea32-11eb-a2ba-3be31d349258_story.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_world | Main Tanzania opposition party says leader arrested, missing
