Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu, chairman of the CHADEMA party, announced plans to commence a hunger strike while detained at Ukonga Prison, protesting what he described as unjust legal ...

Tanzania's main opposition leader, Tundu Lissu, faces a potential death penalty. His party claims the case is politically ...

A magistrate court in Tanzania has ordered that an opposition leader who was charged with treason last month be brought in ...

CHADEMA Secretary General John Mnyika has confirmed he will not participate in the April 12, 2025, Electoral Code of Conduct signing in Dodoma—and has not authorized any representative to attend on ...

CHADEMA is at risk of being barred from the 2025 General Election and all by-elections for the next five years after refusing to sign the Electoral Code of Conduct, the Independent National Electoral ...

Mounting repression and attacks on democratic rights in Tanzania is part of a broader authoritarian turn across East Africa ...

Two senior CHADEMA party officials were detained while en route to a court hearing for their leader, Tundu Lissu, who faces treason charges. President Hassan's human rights record is scrutinized amid ...

Tanzania’s main opposition party says that two of its senior officials were arrested on their way to court to attend the ...

And two years later, Tundu Lissu completed his ascent to the throne of Chadema in a rather impressive display of competition within the confines of a Tanzanian political party, and he launched his bid ...

Tanzanian opposition leader and former presidential candidate of CHADEMA party Tundu Lissu meets his lawyer as he stands in the dock at the Kisutu Resident Magistrate Court in Dar es Salaam ...

That’s exactly what’s unfolding. Days after veteran opposition chief Tundu Lissu of Chadema was detained, his party was barred from participating in the upcoming crucial vote. The Independent ...