US EditionHundreds charged with treason in Tanzania as authorities hunt key opposition figures after election
- On Nov 08, 2025, Tanzanian authorities charged hundreds with treason over demonstrations around disputed polls last month, amid rising tensions from violence with unknown fatalities.
- Anger over barred candidates prompted protests fueled by exclusion of the two leading opposition candidates and the earlier treason charge and jailing of Tundu Lissu, CHADEMA leader.
- Police issued arrest warrants for some top opposition officials not yet jailed, including Brenda Rupia and John Mnyika, while prosecutors charged at least 145 people in Dar es Salaam filings, many lacking counsel.
- African Union observers said the vote failed AU standards with ballot stuffing, while rights groups and the Catholic Church in Tanzania reported disappearances, arbitrary arrests, and likely hundreds killed.
- The government defended the vote, saying Tanzania's government rejected criticism and President Samia Suluhu Hassan took more than 97%, extending Chama cha Mapinduzi's long rule.
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Following the harshly repressed spontaneous protest movement following the recent presidential and legislative elections, the Dar es Salaam court charged more than 250 people with "treason" and "conspiracy to commit treason" in three separate cases.
Hundreds face treason charges in Tanzania after presidential poll protests
Tanzanian authorities charged hundreds of people with treason over demonstrations around disputed polls last month, in a major escalation of political tension as the country reels from violence in which an unknown number of people were killed. In addition to dozens criminally charged a day earlier in Dar es Salaam, dozens more face similar treason charges elsewhere in the East African country according to numerous charge sheets that became publi…
Tanzania charges hundreds with treason and issues arrest warrants for
NAIROBI: Tanzanian authorities charged hundreds of people with treason over demonstrations around disputed polls last month, in a major escalation of political tension as the country reels from violence in which an unknown number of people were killed. In addition to dozens criminally charged a day earlier in Dar es Salaam, dozens more face similar treason charges elsewhere in
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