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AllAfrica.com
March 16, 2018
Arusha — The family of the hospitalized Chadema lawmaker Tundu Lissu says his return to the country was still uncertain even after this week's operation on his joints. "It is his doctors who have to tell us when to release him. For now I can't say when;", said Alute Mughwai, the elder brother of the firebrandÃâà...
Daily Nation
March 11, 2018
Tanzanian Chief Whip Tundu Lissu addresses journalists at the Nairobi Hospital on January 5, 2018. He was moved to a Belgian hospital. ... Singida-East MP Tundu Lissu is slated to undergo the operation at the Leuven University Hospital in Gasthuisberg on March 14. JOINTS. Unknown gunmen shot MrÃâà...
Music In Africa
March 5, 2018
He was accused of associating Magufuli with an alleged assassination attempt of opposition MP Tundu Lissu last year. Another source close to the developments, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, said: “High-profile Tanzanian artists were used by the ruling party to entertain the public duringÃâà...
Daily Nation
February 26, 2018
They were charged with linking Magufuli in December to the attempted September assassination of senior opposition lawmaker Tundu Lissu and the abduction of other opposition supporters. Lissu, shot several times at his home, is currently recovering in hospital in Brussels. "The Mbeya court gave theÃâà...
Citizen
February 24, 2018
Opposition lawmaker Tundu Lissu was shot and wounded in Tanzania's administrative capital, Dodoma in September. A recent spate of violent attacks in Tanzania threaten the country's democracy, the European Union has said. “We note with concern the recent developments which threaten democraticÃâà...
Daily Nation
February 23, 2018
In September 2017, a senior opposition lawmaker Tundu Lissu was shot several times at his home in Dodoma. He was rushed to Nairobi where he was in intensive care for several months, before being transferred to a hospital in Brussels where he continues to receive treatment. Last week, the UnitedÃâà...
Daily Nation
February 21, 2018
Central to their concerns was the attempted murder in September of senior opposition lawmaker Tundu Lissu, who is currently in a Brussels hospital. Lissu was shot at his home in the capital Dodoma and rushed to the Kenyan capital Nairobi, where he was in intensive care for several months.
The Punch
February 17, 2018
Earlier this week Chadema said a local party leader, Daniel John, was kidnapped, tortured and then beaten to death after men bundled him into a car. In September 2017, senior opposition lawmaker Tundu Lissu was shot several times at his home in the capital Dodoma. Chadema accused the ruling partyÃâà...
Daily Nation
February 14, 2018
In September 2017, senior opposition MP Tundu Lissu was shot several times at his home in Dodoma. Chadema accuses the ruling party of being behind that attack, claims rejected by the government. Advertisement. NAIROBI. A local leader of the main Tanzanian opposition party, Chadema, has beenÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
September 8, 2017
Rights groups, Tanzania's government and others have condemned the shooting. In a statement, President John Magufuli's ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party also condemned "this cruel and inhuman act". Magufuli tweeted that he was "shocked to hear the news of the attack on Tundu Lissu and IÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
September 7, 2017
Tundu Lissu, 49, underwent emergency surgery after being shot in the abdomen on Thursday. James Kiologwe, a doctor at Dodoma Regional Hospital, said he was in stable condition. "Lissu has suffered multiple gunshot wounds," Tumaini Makene, spokesman for the main opposition CHADEMA party,Ãâà...
The Economist
December 31, 1999
In September Tundu Lissu, a prominent opposition MP, was shot and injured outside his house in Dodoma, the sleepy capital. Minor political figures have simply disappeared. Not all of the violence is by the state. Over the past year about a dozen police officers have been killed in Kibiti, a mostly MuslimÃâà...
