TANZANIA STEPPING UP CRACKDOWN ON CRITICS AFTER RECENT POLLS, UN WARNS. (PHOTO).

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 Tanzania stepping up crackdown on critics after recent polls, UN warns Tanzania has stepped up its crackdown on opponents after contested elections in October that were marred by deadly violence, the United Nations warned Friday, AFP reported. Rights groups say more than 1,000 people were shot dead during three days of protests over elections on October 29 that the opposition and foreign observers describe as fraudulent. Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan retained the presidency with 98 percent of the vote, but the main opposition candidates were either jailed or disqualified. "The government has intensified a crackdown against opponents since the vote," UN human rights office spokesman Seif Magango told a press briefing in Geneva. "Reports indicate that since mid-November, dozens of individuals including academics, civil society actors and local political leaders have been detained, with several arrests allegedly carried out by unidentified armed personnel....

MRS AMBODE FLAGGED-OFF THE 2018 PROJECT ''BRIGHT STEPS'' TODAY IN IKORODU.{PHOTOS}.

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    Mrs. Bolanle Ambode kitting some school pupils, during the flag-off of the 2018 Project Bright Steps, organized Hope for Women in Nigeria Initiative at the Cherubim & Seraphim Primary School, Majidun, Ikorodu, on Tuesday, 5th June, 2018. With them is HOFOWEM’s educational team. The initiative was designed to distribute over 50,000 shoes and branded socks to primary one pupils of public schools across the state.More photos below.
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