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Vol 66 No 9

Published 2nd May 2025


Tanzania

Karua takes on the autocrats

Veteran Kenyan politician Martha Karua is spearheading a campaign against the suppression of opposition parties in East Africa. Ahead of Tundu Lissu’s court appearance on 24 April, the Pan-African Progressive Leaders Solidarity Network, founded by Karua, demanded the ‘immediate withdrawal of charges against Mr. Lissu and all political prisoners’. The leader of Tanzania’s Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) party, Lissu was arrested and detained in April on treason charges after holding rallies under the slogan ‘No Reforms, No Election’

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