The outspoken opposition leader was arrested in his hotel room in Mwanza on 21 July amid his party’s renewed campaign for a new constitution, which would liberalise Tanzania’s politics and weaken the ...

Tanzania’s opposition leaders have recently been the target of government crackdowns against political dissent. A planned march in late September 2024 to protest against the abduction and murder of an ...

Freeman Mbowe and Tundu Lissu were arrested ahead of a planned protest following the abduction and murder of a party leader earlier this month. The leaders of Tanzania's main opposition party, Freeman ...

Fears of a return to authoritarianism gripped Tanzania after police detained nearly 500 members of the main opposition party, Chadema, ahead of a planned rally on Monday, releasing the majority on ...

Tanzania's opposition leaders have recently been the target of government crackdowns against political dissent. A planned march in late September 2024 to protest against the abduction and murder of an ...