· June, 2011

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Stories about Swahili from June, 2011

Tanzania: Opposition MP Tweets His Arrest

  5 June 2011

Zitto Kabwe, a Tanzanian Member of Parliament from the opposition party Chadema, was arrested on June 4 in Central Tanzania soon after holding a public rally. As he was taken into police custody, the MP used his mobile phone to tweet the arrest to his 1,640 followers who retweeted, sympathised and tweeted back messages of encouragement.

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