Tundu Lissu: A Fight Too Far? - BBC Africa Eye Documentary
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#BBCAfricaEye profiles Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu who has spent more than a year in prison on treason charges, for which he could face the death penalty. He has survived an assassination attempt, in which he was shot 16 times, and been arrested numerous times during his lifelong campaign for democratic and constitutional reform. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 http://bit.ly/subscribetoafrica Lissu's journey has taken him from a rural village in Tanzania to the forefront of the country's opposition movement. Along the way, he has become one of the government's most outspoken critics, facing repeated arrests, and periods of self-imposed exile in Belgium, before a hopeful return to Tanzania in 2023. His unwavering calls for political reform and accountability have won him supporters, but also made him powerful enemies. In 2017, Lissu survived an assassination attempt in which he was shot 16 times outside his home. Despite the severity of the attack, no one ha
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