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Tundu Antiphas Mughwai Lissu

Date of Birth: 20 January 1968
Place of Birth: kungi district, Singida, Tanzania


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President Hassan turns bulldozer

Her stance was made brutally clear when Kenyan and Ugandan activists attempting to attend the trial of opposition Chadema leader Tundu Lissu – who faces sedition charges – were arrested tortured and deported (AC Vol 66 No 3 Newsmaker: Lissu rages against the CCM machine & Vol 66 No 9 Karua takes on the autocrats)...


Karua takes on the autocrats

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...


Newsmaker: Lissu rages against the CCM machine

After seizing control of the opposition Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema) party Tundu Lissu now faces the gargantuan task of taking on President Samia Suluhu Hassan and the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) machine...

He then spent two years in exile returning in 2023 only after obtaining guarantees of his safety from Samia (Dispatches 1/2/23 Tundu Lissu's return prompts first opposition rallies for seven years)...


Back to bulldozer politics

Opposition Chadema party Chair Freeman Mbowe Vice-Chair Tundu Lissu and Secretary-General John Mnyika were among 500 activists arrested as they sought to attend a rally in Mbeya south-west Tanzania on 11 August...

Makonda has faced numerous accusations related to his authoritarian crackdowns of dissent and alleged involvement in the attempted assassination of opposition politician Tundu Lissu and the disappearance of journalists...


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