https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/tanzanian-opposition-leader-found-guilty-of-inciting-unrest-but-acquitted-of-treasonContinuously updated, source-cited coverage. https://www.live-feeds.com/feed/tanzanian-opposition-leader-found-guilty-of-inciting-unrest-but-acquitted-of-treasonhttps://www.live-feeds.com/feed/tanzanian-opposition-leader-found-guilty-of-inciting-unrest-but-acquitted-of-treason#u192743Wed, 11 Nov 2026 02:17:19 +0000Tanzania's High Court has cleared opposition leader Tundu Lissu of treason but convicted him of incitement, sentencing him to four years in prison. The ruling concerns his alleged role in last year's election unrest. Prosecutors failed to prove that he intended to intimidate the government, according to reporting in The Independent. Lissu, the national chairman of the opposition Chadema party, was detained in April last year. He says the charges against him are politically motivated. The split verdict ends the main criminal case against him while leaving broader questions about the e