Tanzania charges more than 200 with treason after election protests

Dar es Salaam: Tanzania charged more than 200 people with treason, a lawyer and judicial sources told AFP, with the opposition saying Saturday yet ano...

Dar es Salaam: Tanzania charged more than 200 people with treason, a lawyer and judicial sources told AFP, with the opposition saying Saturday yet another of their leaders had been arrested.

President Samia Suluhu Hassan won the October 29 poll with 98 percent of the vote, according to the electoral commission, but the opposition, which was barred from participating, has branded the election a "sham".

Violent protests broke out across the east African country on election day, with sources indicating hundreds -- if not thousands -- may have been killed.

At the same time, a days-long internet shutdown hampered the release of verified information.

On Friday, hundreds of people appeared in court on Friday in the economic hub Dar es Salaam.