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BBC investigates testimonies of abduction and torture in Tanzania

Reports of killings and enforced disappearances across the country increased in the run- up to last year's presidential elections.

Victims who spoke to the BBC Africa Eye investigation named Faustine Jackson Mafwele, an assistant commissioner of police, as their interrogator in a police station in Dar-es-Salaam. Neither he nor the Tanzanian police force responded to the allegations.

We'll also get the latest on the Rafah border crossing -- between Gaza and Egypt -- which is due to re-open for Palestinians on Monday.

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(Photo: Demonstrators participate in violent protests that marred the election following the disqualification of the two leading opposition candidates; Credit: Onsase Ochando/Reuters)

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