DETENTIONS FOLLOW ZANZIBAR UNREST

AT least 50 people are being held by police on Tanzania’s semi-autonomous islands of Zanzibar and Pemba following weekend clashes between police and civilians. Most of the privately owned Tanzanian newspapers are reporting that hundreds of armed police have been deployed in Zanzibar streets and are beating civilians. Police are also claiming that four of their colleagues have been beaten by assailants believed to be supporters of the opposition Civic United Front (CUF) party. CUF Secretary General Seif Shariff Hamad and seven other CUF members appeared in court on Tueday.