Tanzania court: Lissu has case to answer Lissu faces a treason charge over statements regarding boycotting and stopping the 2025 General Election. Africa 18 min ago

Tanzania’s High Court has ordered opposition leader Tundu Lissu to open his defence in a treason trial after finding that prosecutors had presented enough evidence for him to answer the charge.

The decision on Friday, August 21, 2026, by a three-judge panel at the High Court’s Dar es Salaam Sub-Registry means Lissu, who has been in detention for 14 months, will now go on trial.

Presiding judge Dunstan Ndunguru said the court had considered the evidence presented by the prosecution and submissions by the defence on whether the accused had a case to answer.