chadema Stories
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...
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.
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.
Lissu has previously expressed concerns over what he described as a "huge and unprecedented" amount of "dirty money" within the party.
This was the first time that President Samia Suluhu Hassan's popularity was tested on the ballot.
Lissu believes that Tanzanians must reflect on the root causes of police misconduct.
CHADEMA, the leading opposition party, said its women's wing publicity secretary, Aisha Machano, was abducted in Kibiti town in the eastern part of th...
The protest, which had been officially banned, was sparked by allegations that security forces were involved in the kidnapping and killing of Chadema...
Her remarks came in response to a statement from the US Embassy calling for a probe into the killing of a former CHADEMA leader.
