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Lissu rejects prison gossip, affirms loyalty to party deputy John Heche

Tanzania, Sept. 3 -- Dar es Salaam. Chadema national chairman Tundu Lissu, who is in remand facing a non-bailable treason charge, has sent a message to people spreading reports that his assistant, the... Read More


'No Reforms, No Election': Witness traces origin of Chadema campaign in Lissu trial

Tanzania, Sept. 3 -- Dar es Salaam. The third defence witness in the treason trial of Chadema Chairman Tundu Lissu detailed to the High Court's Dar es Salaam Sub-Registry on Wednesday the origins and ... Read More


Lissu challenges credibility of prosecution's witnesses

Tanzania, Aug. 27 -- Dar es Salaam. Chadema chairman Tundu Lissu has challenged the credibility of prosecution witnesses in his treason case, alleging that some of those who testified against him had ... Read More


Lissu: I am on trial for fighting for a new Constitution

Tanzania, Aug. 21 -- Dar es Salaam. Chadema chairman Tundu Lissu has told the High Court in Dar es Salaam that the treason case against him stems from his long-running campaign for a new Constitution,... Read More


Prosecution objects to Lissu's bid to call Samia as defence witness

Tanzania, Aug. 21 -- Dar es Salaam. The prosecution has objected to Chadema chairman Tundu Lissu's request to call President Samia Suluhu Hassan and other senior government officials as defence witnes... Read More


Lissu has case to answer in treason trial, High Court of Tanzania rules

Tanzania, Aug. 21 -- Dar es Salaam. The High Court has ruled that Chadema chairman Tundu Lissu has a case to answer in his treason trial, requiring him to present his defence. The ruling was delivere... Read More


Tanzanian lawyer challenges Nyerere Bridge tolls in constitutional case

Tanzania, Aug. 19 -- Dar es Salaam. A Tanzanian lawyer has taken legal action challenging the long-standing imposition of user fees on motorists crossing the Julius Nyerere Bridge in Dar es Salaam, se... Read More


Court to decide Lissu's fate in treason case on Friday

Tanzania, Aug. 18 -- Dar es Salaam. The High Court's Dar es Salaam Sub-Registry will on Friday rule on whether opposition Chadema chairman Tundu Lissu has a case to answer in the treason trial against... Read More


Witness' testimony sparks row as Lissu treason trial resumes

Tanzania, Aug. 11 -- Dar es Salaam. The treason trial of Chadema chairman Tundu Lissu which resumed yesterday, descended into a legal dispute after a prosecution witness linked his alleged calls to di... Read More


Lissu lawyer weeps over alleged prison discrimination

Tanzania, July 21 -- Dar es Salaam. Kulwa Maduhu, one of the lawyers representing the Chadema national, Tundu Lissu, wept in the dock whilst giving evidence about being prevented from seeing Mr Lissu ... Read More