Tanzania’s cat and mouse politics: Treason, arrests and shrinking political space

Tanzania’s main opposition party said Thursday that two of its senior officials were arrested on their way to court to attend the proceedings against their party leader, who faces treason charges for calling for reforms ahead of October elections.

The opposition CHADEMA party leader Tundu Lissu, who returned to Tanzania last year after living on and off in exile since 2017 over threats to his life, was arrested on April 9 after a…