Tanzania's opposition leader Tundu Lissu has been charged with treason a day after he was arrested following a rally he held in the south of the country. The charge is connected to his nationwide campaign pushing for electoral reform under the slogan "No Reforms,

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Tanzanian opposition party leader Tundu Lissu was on Thursday charged with treason, a capital offence, for comments he made last week that prosecutors said called on the public to launch a rebellion and disrupt an election due this year.

Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu has been charged with treason following his arrest after calling for electoral reforms at a public rally ahead of planned general elections in October.