Tanzania's Tundu Lissu returns home after five years in exile
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- 27 Jan 2023
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Self-exiled Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu has finally returned to the country after repeated cancellations of his homecoming.
Lissu, a leader of the opposition Chadema party, arrived aboard an Ethiopian Airlines flight which landed at the Julius Nyerere International Airport in Dar es Salaam Wednesday afternoon amid tight police security.
He was welcomed at the airport by his supporters and party members led by top officials Peter Msigwa and Ezekiel Wenje.
He ended a nearly five-year stint in exile in in Belgium.
Political environment
“I am returning home where the (political) environment has changed (for the better),” Lissu said.
He promised to “get back to work” right from the start.
He was scheduled to speak at a public rally to be held in the most populous Dar es Salaam organised by his Chadema party to mark his return later Wednesday afternoon.
Maria Tsehai, a civic liberties’ activist, said a public debate has ensued as to how far Lissu’s return will change the political landscape of the country. Read More…
