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....

ZIMBABWEAN OPPOSITION LEADER JOB SIKHALA RELEASED ON BAIL AFTER EXPLOSIVES FOUND IN PRETORIA. (PHOTO).


 Zimbabwean opposition leader Job Sikhala released on bail after explosives found in Pretoria


Zimbabwean opposition politician Job Sikhala has been released on bail after being arrested in South Africa on charges of possessing explosives. The incident has raised serious questions about both the alleged offence and the political context surrounding it.


Sikhala (53) and his 78-year-old uncle, Alexander Ferrowst Thema, were stopped by the South African Police Service in Pretoria’s city centre on 6 November, while travelling in a vehicle along Kgosi Mampuru Street. According to the state’s account, officers intercepted the car after a tip-off. A search reportedly revealed 26 blasting cartridges and 15 capped fuse connectors in the vehicle. 


Following their arrest, Sikhala and his uncle appeared briefly in the Pretoria Magistrate’s Court on 10 November, charged with possession of explosives. The matter was then postponed to 13 November for a formal bail application and he was released today on R10 000.

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