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Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu on why fled his country

Focus on Africa

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Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu, says he has left his country for security reasons. The Chadema party leader returned to Tanzania in July to run for president after spending three years receiving treatment in Kenya and Belgium for gunshot wounds. He had survived an assassination attempt in 2017 when he was hit by 16 bullets outside his residence in Tanzania's capital, Dodoma. He's been talking to Focus on Africa's Esau Williams from Brussels where he is in exile. (Photo: Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu. Credit: Getty Images)

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