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Tanzania's top opposition party barred from upcoming election

The Chadema opposition party has been banned from running in October elections and its leader and former presidential candidate Tundu Lissu was also arrested and charged with treason on 10 April, 2025. REUTERS - Emmanuel Herman

Chadema,Tanzania's main opposition party, has been disqualified from running in this year's general election, the country's election chief said, after it refused to sign an electoral code of conduct. It comes just days after its leader was charged with treason.

Ramadhani Kailima, director of elections at the Independent National Elections Commission (INEC), said that Chadema had failed to sign the government's electoral code of conduct, which was due Saturday.

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