Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | THE STAR KENYA | People’s Liberation Party (PLP) leader Martha Karua has announced that she is on her way back to Kenya after almost six hours of detention at Julius Nyerere International Airport in Tanzania. In a statement on her X account on Sunday, Karua …
Read More »Tundu Lissu picked to lead top Tanzania opposition party
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | After steering Tanzania’s leading opposition party, Chadema, through two tumultuous decades of political battles, transformative campaigns, and unyielding advocacy for democracy, Freeman Mbowe’s tenure as chairman has officially come to an end, reports The Citizen Tanzania. In a historic and symbolic shift, …
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Tanzania’s opposition leader is fighting for change in the face of fresh attacks on political freedoms ANALYSIS | NICODEMUS MINDE | Tundu Lissu has become the face of opposition in Tanzania following his defiant and unrelenting criticism of the government. Since he came into the national limelight in 1995 when running for …
Read More »Over 29 million Tanzanians head to polls
Dar es salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | More than 29 million Tanzanians went to some 80,000 polling stations across the country to cast ballots for the elections of president, members of parliament and councilors on Wednesday. The elections have attracted 15 presidential candidates from 15 political parties, but the race is …
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