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An activist struggles to resist arrest as Kenyan police officers restrain him and drag him toward an unmarked vehicle while protesters gather ahead of the planned Saba Saba march in downtown Nairobi, on July 7, 2026.[AFP]
Kenya and Tanzania both deployed a massive police presence on Tuesday to prevent protests as the East African nations increasingly take a zero-tolerance approach to demonstrations.
The two countries have both faced major bouts of public unrest in the last two years and have responded with brutal police repression.
In Tanzania, rights groups and the opposition say thousands were killed by security forces during election unrest in October over alleged rigging and attacks on critics.
