tanzania opposition Stories

Tanzania's Chadema slams closed-door trial as court bars live broadcasts of Tundu Lissu case
Mwangi Maina  |  Aug 18, 2025

On August 18, the Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court in Dar es Salaam barred live broadcasts of the high-profile case, citing the need to protect stat...

Tanzania arrests opposition official ahead of Brussels forum, raising crackdown fears
Reuters  |  May 13, 2025

Golugwa had been due to represent his party in Brussels at a forum organised by the International Democracy Union, a grouping of centre-right parties...

Tanzania opposition leader Tundu Lissu arrested at public rally, his party Chadema says
Reuters  |  Apr 10, 2025

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...

Tanzania opposition protests against electoral reforms
Agency  |  Jan 25, 2024

Chadema leader Freeman Mbowe called the proposals "cosmetic" and particular opposition has been directed at a measure that would allow President Samia...

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