EIGHTEEN people who had been accused of high treason in Tanzania’s semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar are demanding compensation for three years of imprisonment. Lawyer Nassor Khamis Mohamed told the daily Mwananchi that he had served notice on the Zanzibar government demanding between 1.5 billion Tanzanian shillings ($1.9m) and 3.3 billion shillings ($4.1m) for each of the suspects. The 18 were released from prison by President Amani Abeid Karume shortly after he was elected leader of the twin-Indian Ocean islands of Zanzibar and Pemba last October. – AFP