1985: First polls held after term limit plan

A plan to restrict all West African presidents to two terms in office has been dropped by heads of state, with Togo and The Gambia leading the objections.

A referendum on whether to scrap the limit on presidential terms in Rwanda will take place next week, the government announces.

Oil-rich Congo’s government has called an October referendum on allowing veteran leader Denis Sassou Nguesso, who has already notched up more than 30 years in power, to run for a controversial third term.

Rwanda's highest court has ruled in favour of changing the constitution to allow President Paul Kagame to stand for a third seven-year term in 2017.

Rwandan parliamentarians support changes in the constitution that would allow President Paul Kagame to stand for a third term in 2017.

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Tanzania's Kikwete Says Burundi Should Heed President Term Limit
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(Bloomberg) -- Tanzanian leader Jakaya Kikwete called on Burundi to abide by a peace agreement that limits presidents to two terms in office, amid speculation President Pierre Nkurunziza may seek a third mandate. “Anyone who wants to be elected must ...
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1985 polls and the Maalim Seif factor in Zanzibar elections  The Citizen

>The main opposition Chadema has dealt a blow to the ruling CCM in Shinyanga Municipality where its candidates won 29 streets against 26 claimed by CCM in closely contested local government elections.

Cameroon avoids a potential ban from football as Tombi A Roko Sidiki is voted in as the new president of the county's football federation.