Tunde Sulaiman 
Tanzanian police have arrested prominent politician, Tundu Lissu and two other opposition Chadema officials, the party has said.
It says the three were detained on Sunday in the southwestern town of Mbeya, on the eve of their planned rally to mark the World Youth Day.
The reported arrests come a year after President Samia Hassan lifted a ban on opposition gatherings and promised to restore competitive politics.
On Sunday the police banned the Chadema rally saying it was intended to cause violence.
They cited the party’s rallying call for people to come together like the “youth in Kenya” – apparently referring to the weeks of deadly antigovernment demonstrations in the neighbouring East African country, reports the BBC.
Yesterday morning, a Chadema official told the BBC that they did not know where the detained leaders were being held.
