‘Bleeding’ Burundi not ready for polls, says Membe

South African Broadcasting Corporation
Tanzania getting ready for polls
South African Broadcasting Corporation
Ending Corruption and improving the economy are the two greatest concerns for Tanzanians as they head towards elections on Sunday. Current President Jakaya Kikwete will step down, next week after serving out a two-term limit. But opinion polls show a ...

Get Ready for Polls, Says ZEC
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Zanzibar — THE elections are now just around the corner, and although many of Zanzibar residents have registered to vote, a considerable number will miss the opportunity because the registration of new voters has been closed. "It was a successful ...
ZEC increases four more constituenciesDaily News

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>A few days ago, a section of the Tanzania media painted a very gloomy picture over the forthcoming General Election that is scheduled for October.

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... Constitution will be ready before 2015 polls
Daily News
THE process of writing the new Constitution shall be accomplished fully before the country goes to the general elections next year, Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda, has said. Speaking on Thursday, Mr Pinda said it was the intention of the government to ...

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ACT Zanzibar: Were ready for repeat presidential polls
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Alliance for Change and Transparency (ACT-Wazalendo) in Zanzibar has said it will take part in the Isles presidential re-election after the Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) nullified it late last month. Speaking to 'The Guardian' yesterday on the ...

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First batch of 34 European Union observers arrives ready for polls
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Thirty-four long-term observers from the European Union (EU) Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) to Tanzania have arrived in Dar es Salaam for the General Election scheduled for October 25. According to a statement availed to The Guardian yesterday ...
EU long-term election observers arriveDaily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)
Tanzania National Electoral Commission approve 23.7m...

>Burundi’s national electoral commission dismissed weeks of violence Sunday and said all was ready a day ahead of key polls in the central African nation that the UN warns should be postponed.

 Arrests, harassment, a clampdown on free speech: with less than a year before elections in Burundi, critics say the government is doing all it can clamp down on political challengers.

>Burundians voted yesterday in controversial elections that were condemned internationally amid an opposition boycott and grenade attacks, with the election commission claiming an “enormous” turnout despite many stations being quiet.