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Jailed Tanzanian opposition leader starts hunger strike
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What we know
Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu, who was charged with treason last year, has started a hunger strike to protest his inability to access his lawyers, his party said. Lissu, who leads the CHADEMA opposition party and came second in the 2020 presidential election, began refusing food on Monday after his…
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