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The EU Parliament similarly asked member states to engage Tanzanian officials and keep an eye on Lissu's trial.
Chadema party Deputy Chairperson John Heche and Secretary-General John Mnyika were detained as they headed to Kisutu Magistrate Court in Dar es Salaam...
Lissu, who was the runner-up in the 2020 presidential election, was charged with treason last week after allegedly urging the public to rebel and disr...
Lissu, runner-up in the country's 2020 presidential election, was charged with treason last week over what prosecutors said was a speech calling on th...
In Yoweri Museveni’s Uganda, the High Court in Kampala has denied bail to veteran opposition politician Dr Kizza Besigye and his aide Hajj Obeid Lutal...
The opposition party has long complained that the composition of the electoral commission and systems favours the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) par...
CHADEMA failed to sign an election code of conduct document, making it ineligible to contest the presidential and parliamentary polls expected in Octo...
This marks a pivotal moment in the lead-up to the highly anticipated election scheduled for October 2025.
Chadema Secretary-General John Mnyika had previously declared the party’s intention to boycott the signing of ethics code, citing unresolved grievance...
That uncompromising approach has seen Lissu, a former presidential candidate, detained numerous times and face charges such as sedition. Analysts say...
Following the August 30, 2023 coup, the PSC, during its 1172nd session, suspended Gabon from all AU activities until constitutional order is restored.
The charge will bring fresh scrutiny to President Samia Suluhu Hassan's human rights record as she bids for re-election.
Lissu has been holding rallies countrywide in recent weeks under the slogan "No Reforms, No Election" to call for reforms in the way the election will...
Chadema remains adamant that the election cannot go ahead without substantial electoral reforms.
Chad condemned threats made against it by the same senior military official that claimed that N'Djamena and Amdjarass were legitimate military targets...
Despite Chad's and South Sudan's efforts at mediation, Sudanese military leaders have increasingly accused them of aiding the RSF.
As part of the informal division of security responsibilities among Western nations, France has long been considered the “gendarme of Africa”.
In October, Chadema will get another opportunity when Tanzanian voters go to the polls to elect their president and members of parliament.
A lawyer and former lawmaker, Lissu survived a near-fatal assassination attempt during the regime of the late President John Magufuli.
The vote, which also included municipal and regional elections, was Chad's first in more than a decade.
Groups such as Islamic State and al-Qaeda are committed to the establishment of these states, denouncing democratic governance.
Chad is led by President Mahamat Idriss Deby, who seized power after rebels killed his father, longstanding President Idriss Deby.
Sonko reminded Macron that if African soldiers—often forcibly mobilised, mistreated, and ultimately betrayed—had not fought during World War II to def...
Lissu has previously expressed concerns over what he described as a "huge and unprecedented" amount of "dirty money" within the party.
The vote is being held amid security challenges due to Boko Haram attacks.
At meetings with senior US officials in Washington this fall, UAE delegates dropped their denials of providing backing to the RSF after they were show...
This was the first time that President Samia Suluhu Hassan's popularity was tested on the ballot.
The Lake Chad region has been repeatedly attacked by insurgencies, including by militants in West Africa and Boko Haram.
Lissu believes that Tanzanians must reflect on the root causes of police misconduct.
Chad is an important ally for French and US forces aiming to fight rebels in the Sahel.
