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Journalists arrested over Tarime clashes

    NAIROBI

    Police in the Mara region of northern Tanzania have arrested nine journalists from mainstream newspapers and broadcasting stations who were going to witness the signing of a peace agreements between the warring Waanchari and Walyanchoka clans in Tarime, the Tanzanian ‘Guardian’ newspaper reported on Friday. The journalists were arrested on the basis of claims that they have exaggerated reports of the clashes, during which over 400 house have reportedly been set on fire. This was the second time this week that journalists had been arrested in Tarime in connection with the clashes, which has brought expressions of concern from the Tanzania Media Council. Its chairman, Antony Ngaiza, has appealed for the immediate release of the journalists, the ‘Guardian’ reported.

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