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Tanzania:
Anxiety As Police Quiz Seif
Citizen, 1 June 2016
Police yesterday questioned Civic United Front (CUF) secretary-general Seif Shariff Hamad for over three hours as business in most parts of the Zanzibar was paralysed. Read more »
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Tanzania:
Maalim Seif's Security Detail Withdrawn
Citizen, 12 April 2016
The Zanzibar government has removed security details, including police escort, from CUF secretary general and former first vice president of the Government of National Unity (GNU),… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Hamad Denies Colluding With CCM on Polls
Daily News, 11 April 2016
The opposition Civic United Front (CUF) Secretary General, Seif Shariff Hamad came out strongly yesterday to dismiss claims that he had been bought by the ruling CCM to boycott the… Read more »
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Tanzania:
Shein's Loyalist Cabinet
Citizen, 10 April 2016
Isles President Ali Mohammed Shein yesterday unveiled his Cabinet of 15 ministers and seven deputies, mainly loyalists from his ruling party. Read more »
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Tanzania:
CUF Hamad Returns Home One Day After Swearing in of Shein
Citizen, 26 March 2016
CUF secretary general Seif Shariff Hamad (pictured) has returned home barely a day since Dr Ali Mohamed Shein was sworn in as Zanzibar President for the second term on Thursday… 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:
Dr Shein, Maalim Seif - Who Is 'Our Thomas Jefferson' Here?
Daily News, 17 February 2016
Permit me, o'esteemed reader, to confess that I've borrowed (perhaps 'stolen' is more accurate!) the headline to this LUCUBRATION from a historic happenstance. Read more »
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Tanzania:
Govt Says Still Open to Dialogue On Zanzibar
Citizen, 9 February 2016
President John Magufuli told members of the diplomatic community yesterday that there was still room for dialogue over the impending re-run of the Zanzibar elections. Read more »
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Tanzania:
Zanzibar Re-Elections in Line With Constitution - CCM
Citizen, 9 February 2016
The Central Committee (CC) of the ruling party CCM has officially blessed the rerun of the Zanzibar elections and wished Zanzibaris successful polls. Read more »
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Tanzania:
Straight Talk - Zanzibar Polls Re-Run: Democracy Is Dead
Citizen, 31 January 2016
Finally, the cat is out of the bag. The election re-run date is out. The Chairman of the Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC), Mr Jecha Salum Jecha, made the announcement. Read more »
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Tanzania:
CUF to Boycott Isles Poll Re-Run
Daily News, 29 January 2016
The Civic United Front (CUF) has announced that it will not participate in the rerun of elections on March 20 following the annulment of the previous poll last October 25 by the… Read more »