Tanzania sentences Chadema head Tundu Lissu to four years for incitement after treason acquittal
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Tundu Lissu, who leads Chadema, was sentenced Friday to four years for incitement to unrest after treason counts failed, ending a possible death sentence; judges held that talk of blocking Tanzania’s ballot aimed to derail the election and fuel violence though incitement had not been among the charges. Detained in April 2025 over a rally speech, he pleaded not guilty, called the prosecution political, and had already spent 19 months in prison.
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