Tanzania's main opposition, CHADEMA, plans to challenge a ban blocking the party from the upcoming October general elections. Observers say the ban could derail the country on its democratic journey.

Two leaders of Tanzania's main opposition Chadema party are among 14 members who were briefly detained on Monday, as police attempted to block a banned demonstration in the main city, Dar es Salaam.

Tanzania’s opposition party Chadema has demanded the unconditional release of its national chairman, Mr Tundu Lissu, who has been facing treason charges since early last year. The opposition party has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Wrecked buses that were burnt during protests, following a general election marred by violent demonstrations over the exclusion of ...

The Chadema party called a mass rally in Tanzania’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam on 23 September unless recent disappearances were investigated and missing members “brought back alive or dead”.

Tanzanian police have arrested prominent politician Tundu Lissu and four other opposition officials, the Chadema party has said. It said three politicians, including Mr Lissu, were detained on Sunday ...

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 ...

In a rare show of democracy in recent years, thousands of members and supporters of the opposition Chadema marched to the United Nations (UN) offices in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday in protest at ...

Chadema has declared the October 29, 2025, General Election “null and void,” calling for all results to be cancelled and replaced with a fresh poll supervised by an independent electoral body under ...

Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (CHADEMA) has demanded an immediate investigation into reports of an alleged plot to poison its National Chairman, Tundu Lissu, while in detention in Tanzania. The ...