
The Chanzo Morning Briefing Tanzania News – June 2, 2025
In our briefing today:
All Eyes on Kisutu as Tundu Lissu’s Treason Case Resumes;
CCM MP Bishop Gwajima Vows to Expose Abductions Despite Backlash;
Soy (Re)covers Maillu’s Affairs After 4:30

In our briefing today:
All Eyes on Kisutu as Tundu Lissu’s Treason Case Resumes;
CCM MP Bishop Gwajima Vows to Expose Abductions Despite Backlash;
Soy (Re)covers Maillu’s Affairs After 4:30

In our briefing today:
President Samia Challenges Globalization Promises in Tanzania’s New Foreign Policy Rollout;
Tundu Lissu Treason Case Hearing – May 19, 2025: Court Maintains Open Court, Investigation Still Incomplete;
Lissu Treason Hearing Takes an African Shape with Former Chief Justices and Regional Lawyers in Attendance: ‘We Are Regressing in EA ’- Justice Maraga;
President of Namibia to Visit Tanzania on Two-Day Official Visit;
Activist Boniface Mwangi and Lawyer Agather Atuhaire from Uganda Arrested in Dar;
TIRA’s Role in Reshaping Tanzania’s Insurance Sector: A Look at Key Milestones

In our briefing today:
Prominent East African Lawyers and Human Rights Activists Set to Attend Tundu Lissu Hearing Denied Entry to Tanzania;
IPTL Scandal Reignites as Zitto Kabwe Takes Stand in Defamation Case;
CCM to Hold Another Congress on May 29–30 Ahead of October 2025 Election;
CHADEMA G55 and Their Quest to Fulfill Personal Dreams;
Doomsday Preacher Who Shared ‘Visions’ About Tanzania’s Leadership Abducted, Tortured, and Dumped in the Forest;
In Memoriam: Pheroze Nowrojee

In our briefing today:
Tanzania’s Former Prime Minister and First Vice President, David Cleopa Msuya, Has Passed Away;
EU Parliament Debates the Arrest of Tanzanian Opposition Leader Tundu Lissu;
E-Learning Africa Annual Conference Launches in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, with Spotlight on Tech in Education;
Bank of Tanzania auctions USD 35 million for FX boost

In our briefing:
Lissu’s Defense Team Celebrates Win as Court Orders Him to Be Brought Physically to Court, Invites the Public to Participate;
Tanzania Government Cracks Down on Dormant Mining Licenses; Tanzania’s 2025 Elections:
Breaking Down Warioba’s May 3rd Remarks on Justice and Peace;
Tundu Lissu Treason Case: Court Urges Prosecution to Expedite Investigation and Provide Status on May 19, 2025.

In our briefing today:
Jailed Opposition Leader Tundu Lissu to Start a Hunger Strike; Lawyer in Tears Recalling Prison ‘Mistreatments’;
Retired Prime Minister Judge Warioba Calls for Political Consensus Ahead of October 2025 General Election;
Debate Ensued at the Arusha Economic Forum Following the Bank of Tanzania’s Prohibition on the Use of Foreign Currency;
Police to Investigate Allegations of Involvement of Officers in Abduction of CHADEMA Cadre Mdude Nyagali

In our briefing today:
After Surviving 36 Bullets in 2017, Tanzanian Opposition Leader Tundu Lissu Now Faces Treason— Which Carries the Death Penalty;
Mavunde Meets European Union Delegation, Commends Partnership in Developing the Mining Sector;
Aidan Eyakuze’s Reflection on Leadership and Democracy: ‘Never Underestimate the Lust for Power’;
New Cooperative Bank Set to Transform Tanzania’s Agricultural Financing

Tanzania’s opposition leader Tundu Lissu arrested in Mbinga, Southern Tanzania;
Tanzania to connect DR Congo to its fiber optic through Lake Tanganyika;
Australian Firm Marvel Gold meets Tanzanian Minister of Minerals following acquisition of Hanang Gold;
Committee formed to advise Tanzanian government on small-scale miners’ empowerment;
Crying for the Delta people in Rufiji: A real nightmare awakens

The party’s national chairperson, Freeman Mbowe, and CHADEMA’s deputy chairperson (Tanzania Mainland), Tundu Lissu, were among those arrested.

In our briefing today: CHADEMA’s Vice Chairperson Tundu Lissu arrested alongside other top officials in police crackdown against the Youth Day celebration;
Tanzania police detain a large number of CHADEMA youth traveling to Mbeya for the Youth Day celebration;
TLS calls for accountability, lists 83 kidnapped and disappeared individuals;
Father makes desperate appeals after his son who avoided jail time for burning president’s portrait went missing: ‘I want him dead or alive’;
Aga Khan to stop offering services to NHIF patients.