Tundu Lissu Stories

Tanzania: Democracy at stake as Chadema barred from election over disputed code of conduct
DW News  |  Apr 16, 2025

The opposition party has long complained that the composition of the electoral commission and systems favours the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) par...

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...

Tanzania court charges main opposition party leader with treason
Reuters  |  Apr 10, 2025

The charge will bring fresh scrutiny to President Samia Suluhu Hassan's human rights record as she bids for re-election.

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...

Zanzibar's VP Othman Sharif, Sifuna, Bobi Wine and Tundu Lissu among leaders denied entry into Angola
Charles Adinda  |  Mar 13, 2025

According to sources who spoke to The Eastleigh Voice, the leaders are currently being held at Luanda Airport, and their passports have been confiscat...

Tundu Lissu: Tanzania President Samia Suluhu's likely challenger in October polls
Barack Oduor  |  Jan 23, 2025

In October, Chadema will get another opportunity when Tanzanian voters go to the polls to elect their president and members of parliament.

Tundu Lissu elected new leader of Tanzania’s Chadema party, succeeding Freeman Mbowe
Mwangi Maina  |  Jan 22, 2025

A lawyer and former lawmaker, Lissu survived a near-fatal assassination attempt during the regime of the late President John Magufuli.

Political test for Tanzania's Chadema as Mbowe and Lissu seek top party position
Mwangi Maina  |  Dec 31, 2024

Lissu has previously expressed concerns over what he described as a "huge and unprecedented" amount of "dirty money" within the party.

Tundu Lissu calls for action amid rising human rights abuses in Tanzania
Eastleigh Voice Reporter  |  Oct 30, 2024

Lissu believes that Tanzanians must reflect on the root causes of police misconduct.

Tanzania opposition asks telecoms firm to respond to data-sharing accusation
Reuters  |  Sep 25, 2024

A former worker at Tigo's parent company, Millicom, told a British court this month that Tigo had shared mobile phone data with the government showing...

Tanzanian opposition leaders Freeman Mbowe, Tundu Lissu arrested
Mwangi Maina  |  Sep 23, 2024

The protest, which had been officially banned, was sparked by allegations that security forces were involved in the kidnapping and killing of Chadema...

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu condemns murder of abducted CHADEMA official
Mwangi Maina  |  Sep 09, 2024

Kibao, a member of CHADEMA's national secretariat, was reportedly forced off a bus on Friday while travelling from Dar es Salaam to Tanga.

Tanzanian police release opposition leaders after mass arrests
Reuters  |  Aug 13, 2024

President Samia Suluhu Hassan has taken some steps to ease restrictions on the media and opposition since coming to power in 2021, but rights groups s...

Tundu Lissu, other Tanzanian opposition leaders arrested ahead of youth rally
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Aug 12, 2024

The rally, organised by Chadema's youth wing, was expected to draw around 10,000 young people under the theme "Take charge of your future."

Tanzanian MP survives assassination attempt
Amina Wako  |  Mar 30, 2024

The MP retaliated, returning fire and prompting the assailants to momentarily retreat, allowing him to escape unscathed.

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