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Jailed Tanzanian opposition leader begins hunger strike

Straits Times27 October 2026, 08:30 UTCKenya

NAIROBI, Oct 27 - 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.

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