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Tanzania's president has pardoned a father and son who raped 10 primary schoolgirls, it has emerged.

John Magufuli sparked anger among children's rights activists after announcing the decision in his independence day speech on Saturday.  

Singer Nguza Viking, also known as Babu Seya, and his son Johnson Nguza, known as Papii Kocha, were sentenced to life in prison for raping 10 girls in 2003 aged between six and eight.