Tanzania's main opposition party, Chadema, boycotts local government polls
Chadema chairman Freeman Mbowe (second left) leads other members of the party’s Central Committee in singing a solidarity song during a news conference in Dodoma yesterday. Others from left are Prof Abdallah Safari (vice chairman), Dr Vincent Mashinji (secretary-general), Mr John Mnyika (deputy secretary-general, Mainland) and Mr Salum Mwalimu (deputy secretary-general, Zanzibar). PHOTO | ANTHONY SIAME