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EU Parliament Freezes Funding for Tanzania after Election Chaos
The resolution, passed with a 539-0 vote, puts on hold the Tanzania Annual Action Plan 2025, worth an estimated €156 million, until credible reforms are implemented.
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Tundu Lissu
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UN Petition Filed: International Pressure Mounts for Lissu’s Release
Lawyers for Tanzania’s jailed opposition leader Tundu Lissu filed a complaint on Friday to the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention in a bid to ramp up international pressure for his release. Lissu, chairman of Tanzania’s main opposition party and runner-up in the 2020 presidential election, was arrested last month and charged with treason, […]
Tanzanian Opposition Leader Tundu Lissu Charged With Treason, Jailed Without Bail
Tanzanian opposition party leader Tundu Lissu was on Thursday charged with treason, a capital offence, for comments he made last week that prosecutors said called on the public to launch a rebellion and disrupt an election due this year. The charges against Lissu, the chairman of the main opposition party CHADEMA and runner-up in the […]
Tanzanian Telecom Company Tigo Accused Of Illegally Sharing Data Of Tundu Lissu With The Govt Before His Attempted Assassination
Evidence presented at a London tribunal has placed Millicom, the former parent company of telecom firm Tigo, at the center of serious allegations regarding an attack on Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu. According to UK’s The Guardian, the tribunal has heard claims that the 2017 attempted assassination of Chadema leader Lissu is connected to Millicom, […]