Tanzania: Grip tightens around opposition as presidential election approaches

Pressure is mounting around Tanzanian opposition figures as presential and legislative elections approach.

A Tanzanian court on Monday confirmed that the treason trial against opposition leader Tundu Lissu will go ahead. Judges rejected an appeal from Lissu’s team to dismiss his case over procedural flaws. 

Lissu was arrested in April following a speech that prosecutors said called on the public to disrupt elections in October.

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