Africa: Drogba Urges Continent to Adhere to Fair Elections

Dar Es Salaam — WITH only two days to go before Tanzania holds general elections, football superstar Didier Drogba has seemingly reminded the nation and the rest of the world on how democratic and transparent elections around the world could be an important tool for lifting some of the world's poorest countries out of poverty.

Drogba, who led the West African country, Côte d'Ivoire, to its first-ever football World Cup final in 2006, yesterday unveiled the poster carrying a message for potential voters to "Get on the pitch, and be a player.

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