Elections in Tanzania: A model African country slides toward dictatorship
Opposition politician Tundu Lissu only barely survived an assassination attempt in 2017. Now, he is running for president against incumbent John Magufuli, the man who likely wanted him dead. Opposition politician Zitto Kabwe and his followers in Mtwara: The rights of Tanzanians have been gradually, and brutally, curtailed. Photo: Sergio Ramazzotti / DER SPIEGEL The day when Tundu Lissu was supposed to die began like any other day in the Tanzanian capital of Dodoma. Shortly af