Tanzania: Tundu Lissu returns home after years in exile
WEBJan 25, 2023 · Tanzanian opposition stalwart Tundu Lissu has been arrested countless times, pumped full of bullets in an assassination attempt and lived largely in exile for more than five years. But the 55-year-old lawyer, who returned home briefly to run for the presidency in 2020, is back on Tanzanian soil again from exile in Belgium to “write a new ...
Tundu Lissu - Wikipedia
WEBTundu Antiphas Mughwai Lissu (born 20 January 1968 in Ikungi district, Singida) is a Tanzanian lawyer, CHADEMA politician and Member of Parliament for Singida East constituency from 2010 to 2020. [1]
Tanzania's Tundu Lissu: jailed, shot and exiled, but unbowed - France 24
WEBJan 25, 2023 · Tanzanian opposition stalwart Tundu Lissu has been arrested countless times, pumped full of bullets in an assassination attempt and lived largely in exile for more than five years.
Tanzania's Tundu Lissu: Surviving an assassination attempt to run …
WEBTanzania's Tundu Lissu: Surviving an assassination attempt to run for president. Getty Images. To his supporters, Tundu Lissu is brave and fearless. The fact that he is running for president of...
Tanzania’s Top Opposition Figure Returns From Exile - The New York Times
WEBJan 25, 2023 · Tundu Lissu, a former presidential candidate, left in 2020 after he was harassed on the campaign trail. He flew home after the country’s leader lifted a ban on political rallies.
Tanzania’s opposition leader returns after 5 years in exile
WEBJan 25, 2023 · Lissu’s return comes after Tanzania’s first female president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, lifted a six-year-long ban on opposition rallies imposed by her autocratic predecessor, a move that was cautiously welcomed as a gain for democracy by the main opposition party, Chadema.
Tanzania opposition leader to end exile after rally ban lifted
WEBJan 14, 2023 · Tanzania’s opposition leader and former presidential candidate Tundu Lissu has said he will return home this month from exile in Europe to “write a new chapter” after the government’s decision...
'A new chapter': Tanzania opposition stalwart Lissu returns from …
WEBJan 25, 2023 · Tanzanian opposition stalwart Tundu Lissu arrived back in his homeland on Wednesday to a rousing welcome from supporters after spending most of the past five years in exile following an ...
Tanzania presidential hopeful Tundu Lissu returns home after ... - BBC
WEBJul 27, 2020 · A prominent Tanzanian opposition figure who survived an attempt on his life in the capital, Dodoma, has returned to the country where he is expected to launch a bid for the presidency. Tundu...
Tanzania elections: Opposition leader Tundu Lissu 'won't accept …
WEBOct 29, 2020 · Tanzania's main opposition presidential candidate has said he will not accept the result of Wednesday's election because of voting irregularities. "Whatever happened yesterday was not an election...
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