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Tanzania:
Polls Rerun Outcome Not an End to Zanzibar Problems
Citizen, 23 March 2016
There is a general expression of optimism with the argument that, now that the Isle's elections rerun has ended peacefully and winners declared, Zanzibaris and Tanzanians in… Read more »
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Tanzania:
'Heavy Security Presence in Zanzibar Instilled Fear'
Citizen, 23 March 2016
The East African Community (EAC) elections observer team to last Sunday's rerun of the general election in Zanzibar has said the presence of tight security was intimidating. Read more »
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Tanzania:
Zanzibar - What Next?
Citizen, 23 March 2016
The landslide victory for CCM in Sunday's Zanzibar polls is a culmination of a crisis that might shape future of the Indian Ocean archipelago for generations to come. Read more »
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Tanzania:
Decisive Win for Shein in Zanzibar
Daily News, 22 March 2016
The Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) yesterday officially announced Dr Ali Mohamed Shein winner of the Isles presidential election re-run held on Sunday after garnering 91.4 per… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Zanzibar Govt of National Unity Headache After Landslide Victory
Citizen, 22 March 2016
President Ali Mohammed Shein, who was yesterday announced the winner of the Zanzibar presidential election rerun, will have little time to reflect on his victory as he faces a… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Envoys on Zanzibar Crisis - Negotiate
Citizen, 22 March 2016
Diplomats from 15 donor countries yesterday called for peaceful negotiations between warring parties in the Isles as a way of guaranteeing democracy and peace in Zanzibar. Read more »
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Tanzania:
CUF Boycott Benefits CCM Immensely in Pemba
Citizen, 22 March 2016
The main opposition party, Civic United Front (CUF), lost nearly all constituencies in Pemba to the ruling CCM which took advantage of the opposition's boycott on poll rerun… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Zanzibar Electoral Body Declares Presidential Re-Run Winner
East African, 21 March 2016
The Zanzibar Electoral Commission has declared ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi's candidate Dr Ali Mohammed Shein the winner of the presidential election re-run largely boycotted by the… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Zanzibar Decides Again - Peacefully
Daily News, 21 March 2016
Voters braved soaring temperatures and scorching sun on both Unguja and Pemba islands on Sunday in a fresh poll to elect the President of Zanzibar and Members of the Zanzibar House… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Zanzibar Holds Presidential Elections Despite Opposition's Boycott
DW, 20 March 2016
Voting has begun in Zanzibar's repeat presidential polls despite the opposition boycotting the ballot following a controversial decision to annul an October election. Security has… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Fear and Violence As Zanzibar Goes for a Re-Run
East African, 19 March 2016
Uncertainty hung over the Zanzibar election re-run set for the weekend as the main opposition party, the Civic United Front (CUF) maintained it would to boycott the election,… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Zanzibar Ready for Polls
Daily News, 19 March 2016
DISTRIBUTION of ballot boxes and papers to 1,583 voting stations across Zanzibar begins today, authorities have said. Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) Director, Salum Kassim… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Final Zanzibar Election Preparations in Full Gear
Citizen, 18 March 2016
With only a day to the Sunday's rerun polls, the Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) is making final preparations, including tidying up and labelling ballot boxes. Read more »
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Tanzania:
Uneasy Calm in Zanzibar Ahead of Repeat Polls
Citizen, 18 March 2016
Except for the presence of heavy security deployment, life in Zanzibar looks normal ahead of the Sunday repeat elections. Read more »
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Tanzania:
Tension in Zanzibar Ahead of Elections
DW, 17 March 2016
On Sunday, the people of Zanzibar will head to the polls in a re-run of the presidential elections. There is heavy police and military presence on the island. Opposition CUF says… Read more »
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Tanzania:
CCM Says Repeat Polls Valid
Citizen, 17 March 2016
The ruling party in Zanzibar, CCM, is bidding again to retain its power in the forthcoming re-run elections. Unlike in the past polls, it is participating in a controversial… Read more »
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Tanzania:
42 Arrested As Police Intensify Probe Into Zanzibar Bomb Blast
Citizen, 17 March 2016
Police have arrested 42 people in connection with a Monday night bomb blast which damaged the house of Zanzibar police chief Hamdan Omar Makame. Read more »
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Tanzania:
Observers Decry Bribery in Polls
Citizen, 17 March 2016
A lack of voter education is still a cause for concern in Tanzania, a new report on the October 25 General Election has pointed out. Read more »
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Tanzania:
Mwakyembe Praises Poll Observers
Daily News, 17 March 2016
JUSTICE and Constitutional Affairs Minister, Dr Harrison Mwakyembe, has hailed local election observers, saying their reports will help the country to strengthen democracy. Read more »
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Tanzania:
Zanzibar Votes Again, but What Next?
African Arguments, 17 March 2016
The results from Zanzibar's election re-run on 20 March are a foregone conclusion. But what happens next is not. Here are 5 possibilities. Read more »
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Tanzania:
Reports On Exodus Ahead of Z'bar Poll Re-Run Trashed
Daily News, 17 March 2016
THE Minister for Home Affairs, Mr Charles Kitwanga, has dismissed as mere fabrication reports that Zanzibar has already produced Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and refugees… Read more »
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Tanzania:
The 'Impossible' Mission on March 20
Citizen, 16 March 2016
Some people just do not want to connect what is currently happening in Zanzibar with the Isles' history, for what is taking place in the archipelago is sort of a repetition of what… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Keeping Peace in Isles - an Acid Test
Citizen, 16 March 2016
Zanzibaris will on Sunday vote for their president and Members of the House of Representatives in an election rerun that follows the controversial annulment of results in last… Read more »
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Tanzania:
We Must Maintain Sanity in Zanzibar As Polls Near
Citizen, 16 March 2016
Reports from Zanzibar suggest that the socio-economic situation is deteriorating by the day as the country prepares for the Sunday repeat elections. Incidents of arson and assault… Read more »
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Tanzania:
CUF - Selfish Interest the Curse of Zanzibar
Citizen, 16 March 2016
Zanzibaris will on Sunday vote in a re-run poll after the nullification of the General Election results on 28th October, 2015 by Zanzibar Electoral Commission chairman Jecha Salim… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Security Beefed Up Ahead of Zanzibar Poll Re-Run
Daily News, 16 March 2016
The Union Government has appealed for calm during the general election re-run in Zanzibar on Sunday, assuring voters and the general public of adequate security during the entire… Read more »
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Tanzania:
So Then, Who Will Be Watching Over ZEC?
Citizen, 16 March 2016
It's barely three days to the Sunday election in Zanzibar, yet the annulment of polls and the rerun date Zanzibar Electoral Commissioner (ZEC) chairman Jecha Salum Jecha announced… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Blast at Home of Zanzibar Police Commissioner
Daily News, 16 March 2016
The Zanzibar Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr Hamdan Omar Makame's home was the centre of explosives attack on Monday night, damaging and reaping off part of the roof and ceiling… Read more »
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Tanzania:
CUF Sounds Alarm On Zanzibar Situation Ahead of Repeat Poll
Citizen, 15 March 2016
The Civic United Front (CUF) yesterday said the security and human rights situation in Zanzibar was deteriorating and accused security organs of harassing and intimidating its… Read more »
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Tanzania:
ZEC Trains Staff for Sunday Re-Election
Daily News, 15 March 2016
AS Zanzibar fresh polls approach, the training for polling station staff started here yesterday with a call upon them to express maximum impartiality in the course of providing… Read more »
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Tanzania:
20 Held in North Pemba Over Recent Arson Acts
Daily News, 14 March 2016
POLICE in North Pemba Region have arrested over 20 people in connection with a series of acts of arson that have rocked Zanzibar in the last two weeks. Read more »
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Tanzania:
Hamad - I Didn't Discuss Zanzibar Crisis With JPM
Citizen, 12 March 2016
Dar es Salaam/Zanzibar. CUF Secretary General Seif Sharif Hamad yesterday said he did not discuss any issue related to the Zanzibar political crisis with Union President John… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Polls Observers - We Won't Go to Zanzibar
Citizen, 10 March 2016
The government of Zanzibar will not force any foreign observer missions to come to the country during the polls rerun scheduled for March 20. Read more »
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Tanzania:
October 25 Poll Report Out Soon
Daily News, 10 March 2016
The Coalition of Election Monitoring and Observation in Tanzania (CEMOT) is set to launch its final report on the October 25 General Election before the end of this month. Read more »
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Tanzania:
Don't Let Zanzibar Slide Back Towards Chaos
Citizen, 9 March 2016
With the fragile situation it is facing, Zanzibar is in dire need of the media to inform and educate the islanders and the world at large in a bid to prevent the archipelago from… Read more »
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Tanzania:
For the Sake of Peace in the Beloved Isles
Citizen, 9 March 2016
The October 25, 2015, General Election in Zanzibar has been interrupted by an arbitrary, unilateral and un-lawful nullification. Read more »
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Tanzania:
Seif Now Discharged From Hospital
Citizen, 9 March 2016
CUF secretary-general Seif Sharif Hamad was yesterday discharged from Hindu Mandal Hospital, where he spent a day after falling sick on Monday. Read more »