Tanzania’s jailed opposition leader Tundu Lissu ends brief hunger strike

Tundu Lissu, leader of Tanzania’s main opposition party, CHADEMA, has ended a brief hunger strike after prison authorities allowed him to meet privately with his lawyers. He began refusing food on Monday after his lawyers were denied access to the prison where he is held. His lawyer Rugemeleza Nshala said Lissu skipped his tea, breakfast and lunch, then ended the strike after lunchtime. Lissu’s detention and alleged abductions of government critics have drawn scrutiny of President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s human rights record.