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Tanzania elections: Opposition leader Freeman Mbowe arrested
The Chadema party allege that ballot boxes were tampered with during Wednesday's election.
Police in Tanzania have arrested the chairman of the main opposition party in the wake of a disputed election.
The ruling party in Ivory Coast has warned opposition leaders against any attempt to destabilise the country after they rejected Saturday's election in which President Alassane Ouattara stood for a controversial third term.
Government efforts to encourage Algerians to back constitutional reform have fallen flat, with fewer than one in four voting in Sunday’s referendum.
(Photo: Freeman Mbowe. Credit: Getty Images)
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