By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on The Citizen
The European Parliament condemns the four-year prison sentence handed to Tundu Lissu, the Tanzanian opposition leader. The statement comes after several international reactions to the opposition figure’s conviction, including those from the European Union and Washington, The Citizen reports.
The European Union, European Parliament and United States expressed concern after Tanzanian opposition figure Tundu Lissu was sentenced to four years in prison. On 7 November 2026, their representatives challenged the conditions of his conviction and called on the Tanzanian authorities to respect fundamental freedoms, according to their statements.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Source: Kenyans.co.ke ·
Robert Kyagulanyi, known as Bobi Wine, criticises the four-year prison sentence handed to Tundu Lissu, Tanzania’s opposition leader, after his acquittal on the treason charge. The Ugandan leader says the sentence aims to silence opponents, according to Nile Post.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Source: Nile Post ·
Chadema president Tundu Lissu, sentenced on Friday 6 November to four years in prison for “incitement” to violence, is appealing his conviction and his lawyers are seeking his release on bail. The appeal process has begun, RFI reports, noting that the defence is also challenging the circumstances in which the charge was brought.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Source: Mwananchi ·
Les avocats de l'opposant tanzanien Tundu Lissu ont engagé le 7 novembre 2026 un appel de sa condamnation à quatre ans de prison pour « incitation » à la violence, prononcée la veille, et demandent sa libération sous caution. Ils contestent notamment que ce chef d'accusation n'ait pas été notifié avant le procès, selon AGP Gabon.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Source: AGP Gabon ·
Tanzania launches industrial programme with UNIDO through 2031Tanzania launches an industrial programme with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization covering 2026-2031. It is to boost local resource processing, investment, skills, innovation and market access under Vision 2050, according to TanzaniaInvest.
454 kg of methamphetamine seized in Kwale, three foreigners arrestedKenyan police seized 454 kilogrammes of suspected methamphetamine worth 3.6 billion Kenyan shillings in Kwale County, in the southeast of the country, and arrested three foreign nationals. One suspect was intercepted in Tanzania on 5 November 2026 and then handed over to Kenyan authorities at the Lungalunga-Horohoro border, according to the Kenyan National Police Service.The week in Africa
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