Tanzanian opposition leader's treason trial opens weeks before election

Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu went on trial for treason on Monday in the capital Dar es Salaam, weeks before the East African country holds an election that his party has been barred from contesting.

Lissu, who came second in the last presidential poll in 2020, was arrested in April and charged with treason over what prosecutors said was a speech calling on the public to rebel and disrupt the elections later this month.