Tanzania Arrests YouTubers as Pre-Election Crackdown Intensifies

Tanzanian police have arrested two local YouTubers as President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s government steps up a crackdown on dissent ahead of elections.

Jackson Kabalo, 32, and Joseph Mrindoko, 37, were arrested in the northern town of Arusha on Friday for “improper use of social media,” police said in a statement.