First Vice -President Zanzibar Otman Masud, Lissu denied entry to Angola

Dar es salaam. On Thursday, diplomatic confrontation unfolded at Luanda Airport, when the first vice -president of Zanzibar, Otman Masud Intman, National Chapter of Tunda Lissu Tunda and Tanzania’s delegation were denied entry into Angola.

In addition to the Vice -President of Zanzibar and other Tanzans, other prominent figures were also prevented from joining Angola, including Mozambican policy, Wennchio Mondline and former President Botswana John Ham.

These individuals faced the difficulties at Airport 4 where Leweiro, without the official explanation provided for in prison.

The group, which also had Act-Wazalendo leader, Dorothy Samu traveled to a conference focused on democracy and management organized in partnership with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.

Upon arrival, the authorities detained the delegation at the airport and confiscated their passports, including Otman and his safety team.

According to the National Chapter of Tunda Lissu, the Angol Immigration authorities kept and denied the entry to Angola by a delegation of more than 20 senior leaders and representatives of political parties from South Africa.

“The group includes the first Vice -President of Tanzania; former President of Botswan; former Prime Minister Lesoto and many senior political leaders and delegates from Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, South Africa, Namibia, Esatini, Lesotin, and Germany, and Ugodk, and Undki, and Undk.

He then added that it is a shabby treatment of citizens of fraternal African countries by the Angol immigration bodies is absolutely unacceptable and should be condemned as stronger opportunities as possible.

The incident has caused anxiety about the state of relations between Tanzania and the anngue, and social media respond quickly to news.

The former leader of the Vasaland Act, Cabwe, condemned this step, calling him “the disrespect that Angola shows Angola to Tanzania.”

Kabwe also questioned the Tanzania Foreign Ministry about how they would respond to a diplomatic opponent.

He wrote a tweet: “A delegation from Tanzania, led by the leader of the @semudorothy party, including the first vice -president of Zanzibar @thmasoud, is held by Angola authorities at Luanda Airport. Their passports, including those in the officials, were conflict with”.

According to Angola sources, Tanzani officials were not the only ones detained at the airport.

Official Letter from the Unit President’s Office of March 12, 2025, which Citizen He considered, confirms that several opposition leaders in Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia and Ukraine were also invited to the event.

A letter addressed to the Angola Migration and Foreign Director, included border visas for the following persons: Sharif Senondjo Naja and Robert Sentam Kagulan (Bobby Wine) from Uganda; Cirino Hitng ofuho and Edwin Vathenia Sifun of Kenya; Oleksandr Omelchuk and Andrey Marasin from Ukraine; and Merir Gudin Joty of Ethiopia. These people were also denied entrance to Angola. Tanzani officials, however, were not included in the list.

The invitation noted that these persons were entering Angola on March 13, 2025 through the 4th DE Leawreiro International Airport.

However, Vice -President of Zanzibar and other Tanzans were not included in the list.

The Tanzania Foreign Ministry has not yet released an official response to the incident. However, the sources suggest that the Tanzania government is seeking immediate clarification from Angola for reasons for entry.

To date, the authorities of the Angol authorities have not specified the reasons for the detention of these invited guests.