Tundu Lissu 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...
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...
According to sources who spoke to The Eastleigh Voice, the leaders are currently being held at Luanda Airport, and their passports have been confiscat...
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.
Lissu believes that Tanzanians must reflect on the root causes of police misconduct.
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...
The protest, which had been officially banned, was sparked by allegations that security forces were involved in the kidnapping and killing of Chadema...
Kibao, a member of CHADEMA's national secretariat, was reportedly forced off a bus on Friday while travelling from Dar es Salaam to Tanga.
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...
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."
The MP retaliated, returning fire and prompting the assailants to momentarily retreat, allowing him to escape unscathed.
