Prominent Tanzanian politician Tundu Lissu has been elected chairman of the main opposition party Chadema, ousting ...

Tanzania's main opposition party has chosen a new leader ahead of general elections due in October at a time when it faces ...

Prominent Tanzanian politician Tundu Lissu has been elected chairman of the Chadema party, defeating long-time leader Freeman ...

“Lissu has consistently been a vocal critic of government policies and human rights abuses. His leadership could unify the ...

Dar es Salaam. Tundu Lissu has officially assumed his new role as the national chairman of Tanzania’s opposition party ...

Freeman Mbowe, a CHADEMA chairmanship candidate, has extended his congratulations to Tundu Lissu and John Heche following ...

Lissu, previously the party’s vice-chair and Mbowe’s deputy, secured 51.4 percent of the vote against Mbowe’s 48.2 percent in ...

After steering Tanzania’s leading opposition party, Chadema, through two tumultuous decades of political battles, ...

Although the overall results were yet to be officially announced, with Chadema Secretary-General Mr John Mnyika informing ...

Lissu won 513 votes, narrowly defeating outgoing chairman Freeman Mbowe, who garnered 482 votes (48.03percent) ...

In his acceptance speech, the new chairman described the election as historic for the party, setting new standards ...

Mbowe stressed the need for reconciliation following the bruising election process, noting that some members had been deeply ...