The former chairman of Chadema Freeman Mbowe was held for more than 200 days on terrorism charges that were eventually dropped after an informal deal in 2022...
Vol 66 No 13 |
- EAST AFRICA
Deeply divided between Lissu's boycott faction and supporters of former chair Freeman Mbowe whose ‘G-55' bloc formally left the party last month the party may have won the legitimacy battle but lost the political war...
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Magufuli's ban on political rallies was lifted some media freedoms were restored and Freeman Mbowe then Chadema's leader was freed from prison after eight months in custody on terrorism charges...
Lissu ousted long-time leader Freeman Mbowe by a tight 51...
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Vol 66 No 2 |
- KENYA
- TANZANIA
Last year Tanzanian opposition politicians including Freeman Mbowe and Tundu Lissu were detained and beaten by police (Dispatches 22/10/24 Opposition cries foul over latest brutal attack and poll rigging)...
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In August Tundu Lissu and Freeman Mbowe Chadema's two leading politicians were arrested and beaten by police ahead of a planned demonstration to celebrate World Youth Day...
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The leader of the opposition Chadema party Freeman Mbowe has urged President Samia Suluhu Hassan to set up a judicial commission to investigate the assassination of his close colleague Ally Kibao...
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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...
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Police authorities said the arrests which included Tundu Lissu the deputy leader of the opposition Chadema party and its chair Freeman Mbowe were needed to avert the risk of violence...
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But Samia's fence-mending strategy ('maridiano') with the main opposition dragged on fitfully until in October Chadema party leader Freeman Mbowe called a halt...
