Tanzania deports foreign activists supporting detained opposition leader
Tanzania's main opposition leader Tundu Lissu told his supporters to have no fear as he appeared in court on Monday on charges including treason, as President Samia Suluhu Hassan warned foreign rights activists against interference. David Doyle reports.
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