Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu Stories

Tanzania bars opposition leader Godbless Lema from entering Kenya
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 07, 2025

Lema, a prominent figure in Tanzania’s CHADEMA party, was detained for more than four hours on Friday, June 6, at the Namanga border post before being...

Philanthropist Mo Ibrahim slams Tanzania, Uganda over crackdown on critics
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jun 04, 2025

Samia has come under fire in recent weeks following the arrest and levelling of treason charges against Lissu, as well as the detention of Kenyan acti...

Speculation mounts on activist Boniface Mwangi's detention in Tanzania amid asylum exchange fears
Barack Oduor  |  May 21, 2025

Mwangi was arrested on Monday, May 19, 2025, in Dar es Salaam, alongside Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire after they flew to Tanzania to attend a cou...

Why Tanzania blocked Martha Karua from representing opposition leader Tundu Lissu
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 21, 2025

Tanzania’s Minister for Constitutional Affairs and Justice, Damas Ndumbaro said Karua, two others were deported to protect the integrity of the legal...

Karua, two rights activists detained, denied entry to Tanzania ahead of Tundu Lissu trial
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 18, 2025

Karua said she had been held at the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam since morning, with Tanzanian immigration officials withhold...

EU Parliament demands release of Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 08, 2025

The EU Parliament similarly asked member states to engage Tanzanian officials and keep an eye on Lissu's trial.

Tanzania's main opposition party calls election ban unconstitutional
Reuters  |  Apr 15, 2025

CHADEMA failed to sign an election code of conduct document, making it ineligible to contest the presidential and parliamentary polls expected in Octo...

Who is Tundu Lissu, Tanzania opposition leader accused of treason?
Reuters  |  Apr 11, 2025

That uncompromising approach has seen Lissu, a former presidential candidate, detained numerous times and face charges such as sedition. Analysts say...

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