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Tanzania opposition leader defiant as he appears for treason trial
AFP, Published on 19/05/2025
» NAIROBI - Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu appeared in court on Monday for his latest hearing in a treason trial in which he faces a potential death penalty.
Tanzania's Tundu Lissu: jailed, shot and exiled, but unbowed
AFP, Published on 25/01/2023
» DAR ES SALAAM: Tanzanian opposition stalwart Tundu Lissu has been arrested countless times, pumped full of bullets in an assassination attempt and lived largely in exile for more than five years.
Tanzania opposition stalwart Lissu to return from exile
AFP, Published on 25/01/2023
» DAR ES SALAAM - Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu was heading home from exile on Wednesday to "write a new chapter" following the president's lifting of a ban on political assembly.
Tanzania swears in first female president after Magufuli's sudden death
AFP, Published on 19/03/2021
» DAR ES SALAAM - Tanzania's Samia Suluhu Hassan was on Friday sworn in as the country's first female president after the sudden death of John Magufuli from an illness shrouded in mystery.
Tanzania President Magufuli dies of 'heart condition'
AFP, Published on 18/03/2021
» DAR ES SALAAM - Tanzanian President John Magufuli died Wednesday aged 61 from a heart condition, his vice president said, after more than five years of divisive, authoritarian rule capped by his refusal to take Covid-19 seriously.
The mystery of Tanzania's missing president
AFP, Published on 16/03/2021
» DAR ES SALAAM - Where is Tanzania's President John Magufuli?
Tanzania votes in election marred by violence, fears of fraud
AFP, Published on 28/10/2020
» STONE TOWN (TANZANIA) - Tanzanians began casting their ballots Wednesday morning in an election overshadowed by opposition fears the vote will not be free and fair after years of repression under President John Magufuli, who is seeking a second term in office.
Tanzanians to vote as alarm soars over stifling of democracy
AFP, Published on 26/10/2020
» STONE TOWN (TANZANIA) - Tanzanians head to the polls on Wednesday in an election set to be a litmus test of President John Magufuli's authoritarian style after a five-year crackdown on the opposition and freedom of speech.
Tanzania readies for polls after years of 'hell' for opposition
AFP, Published on 21/10/2020
» DAR ES SALAAM - Tundu Lissu, shot 16 times in an assassination attempt, returned to Tanzania to run for president -- but he did not know what to expect after the "hell" experienced by the opposition under President John Magufuli.
Missing or murdered: the grim fate of Tanzania dissidents
AFP, Published on 27/07/2019
» NAIROBI - Some turn up dead or injured. Others are never heard of again: A wave of kidnappings in Tanzania that appears to target critics of the government has set the nation on edge.