Tanzania opposition leader says he will end exile after rally ban was lifted
TANZANIAN opposition leader and former presidential candidate Tundu Lissu said he will return home this month from exile in Europe
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How Magufuli has steered Tanzania down the road of an authoritarian one-party state
TANZANIA’S 2020 general elections resulted in a predictably easy victory for one of Africa’s oldest ruling parties, Chama Cha Mapinduzi.
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Tanzania police arrest main opposition party leader ahead of protests
TANZANIAN police have arrested Freeman Mbowe, the leader of the main opposition party Chadema, according to Tundu Lissu, the party’s
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Tanzania’s opposition candidate calls election a “travesty”
TANZANIA’S leading opposition presidential candidate urged countries around the world on Thursday not to recognise the eventual results of an
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Tanzania president Magufuli seeks second term as polls open
TANZANIANS headed to the polls today for presidential and parliamentary elections that President John Magufuli hopes will hand him another
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At the edge of democracy: what the upcoming general election holds in store for Tanzania
BEFORE the heroic return of opposition figure, Tundu Lissu, in late July 2020, Tanzania’s political landscape lacked the exuberance and
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Opposition in Zanzibar says candidate detained, people shot ahead of vote
AN opposition presidential candidate in Zanzibar detained as he tried to vote early on Tuesday has been released, after nine
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Tanzania opposition leader says facing repression as elections near
THREE weeks before elections, the Tanzanian government is getting scared and will do all in its power to stop the
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Tanzania suspends opposition leader’s election campaign
TANZANIAN authorities on Friday suspended the election campaign of leading opposition candidate Tundu Lissu for seven days over accusations of
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Tanzanian president Magufuli to face 14 challengers in Oct elections
TANZANIAN president John Magufuli will face 14 challengers in elections scheduled for this October, the elections board announced on Wedne,
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