Tanzania’s main opposition party faces exclusion from general elections set for October after its leader was charged with treason.

Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu survived being shot 16 times in 2017 and has been arrested on multiple occasions, but now faces an even more grave challenge after being charged with treason, a capital offence,

A Tanzanian court on Thursday charged opposition leader Tundu Lissu with treason, which carries the maximum penalty of death, as tensions mount in the East African nation before October elections.