Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu Stories

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...