BRIEFING: Tanzania’s 2015 election

For Kenya, the main trading partner with Tanzania, there are two presidential candidates who appear to matter most in Sunday’s historic polls among a list of eight who are in the race.

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September 22, 2015 | EU conveys Election Observation Mission to Tanzania
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welcome by the Tanzanian powers, the European Union has sent an Election Observation Mission (EOM) to Tanzania to watch the Presidential, Parliamentary and Local Council races which are planned for 25 October. Federica Mogherini, High ...
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In his heyday, Sheikh Yahya Hussein was a household name. He frequently mingled with presidents and kings, including the giants of East African politics, Mzee Jomo Kenyatta and Mwalimu Julius Nyerere.

In exactly 131 days from today, we will be heading to the polls to exercise our constitutional right – electing councilors, legislators and more importantly, our fifth president since we attained independence 54 years ago.

Elections in Zanzibar have been annulled for not being free and fair, the electoral chief on the Tanzanian archipelago has announced.Rows between rival electoral commissioners had led to physical fights, Jecha Salum Jecha said.The opposition says the vote on the islands was cancelled because it won.
The main challenger in the national presidential election, Edward Lowassa, said the problems in Zanzibar could be mirrored across the country.Earlier, he called for the national electoral...

GENERAL ELECTION 2020: How the 1970 General Election set a new dawn for Tanzania  The Citizen Daily

Dar es Salaam police boss Suleiman Kova shelved a press briefing yesterday, saying everything he wanted to say about investigations into last week’s “robbery” at Barclays Bank’s Kinondoni branch was in The Citizen.

Like millions of other people in the United Kingdom, Thursday started like any other day. However, one big thing was happening in the country. More so for me, it was an election day and I was to take part.

Dar es Salaam. The search for a candidate to run for the union presidency on the opposition ticket, has turned into a hide and seek game with leaders failing yet again to announce the all-important name as planned yesterday. A press conference called by officials of the main parties forming the opposition coalition known as Ukawa was cancelled at the last minute yesterday without reasons being stated publicly.