Tundu Lissu

Two and a half years after being shot 40 times by suspected government gunmen outside the National Assembly in Dodoma opposition leader Tundu Lissu says he will return to Tanzania on 27 July as a free man ready to take on incumbent John Magufuli in Presidential elections now set for 28 October...

The shooting of the Chadema MP Tundu Lissu in September 2017 has been the most high-profile incident to date – late last month he was also stripped of his seat as he predicted – but disappearances of journalists and relatively minor opposition activists by TISS have become frequent in the past two years (AC Vol 58 No 20 Magufuli on the warpath)...

Nearly 18 months after suspected government gunmen poured 40 bullets into Tundu Lissu MP outside the National Assembly in Dodoma the most persistent thorn in the side of President John Magufuli plans to return home...

TLS is led by one of her clients Chadema leader Tundu Lissu MP who is still in Brussels receiving treatment for gunshot wounds following the attempt on his life in September last year (AC Vol 58 No 20 Magufuli on the warpath)...

As in 2017 opposition party activists will continue to be harassed and detained by the authorities or offered inducements to join the ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi though it is unlikely that the attempted assassination in broad daylight of Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo legislator Tundu Lissu in September will be repeated elsewhere (AC Vol 58 No 20 Magufuli on the warpath)...

When 40 bullets were pumped into the car carrying Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) member of parliament Tundu Lissu outside his Dodoma home on 7 September claims of the country's descent into authoritarianism suddenly became more credible...

The Chadema opposition leader in Parliament Tundu Lissu has joined Kabwe in making political capital from the energy corruption issues...

This prompted a furious response from Tundu Lissu of the opposition Chama Cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) ‘If the government pretends to know nothing about this issue we are going to show the documents bearing evidence on the story ’ Lissu was reported as saying...

In their dossier on the evictions the Director of LEAT Tundu Lissu has compiled a list of 32 named people most of whom are said to have been buried in the mine pits...