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Tanzania's Tundu Lissu: jailed, shot, but refusing to back down

CHADEMA party flagbearer Tundu Lissu. [Courtesy, Standard]

Tundu Lissu has been arrested countless times and survived an assassination attempt, but instead of shying away from politics, the Tanzanian lawyer has decided to run for president.

At 52, Lissu walks with a slight limp after he was shot 16 times in a 2017 attack he believes was politically motivated, requiring almost 20 surgeries.

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