Choice for opposition pick for State House: The battle ahead

Battle for State House most vibrant, vigorous ever – CJ
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Chief Justice Mohamed Chande Othman has described this year's run-up to Tanzania's Presidential Election as the most competitive and vibrant the country has witnessed. Delivering a keynote speech at the opening of a workshop in Dar es Salaam ...

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Tanzanian opposition pick ex-PM for president race
News24
Dar es Salaam - Tanzania's four main opposition parties chose ex-prime minister Edward Lowassa as a joint presidential candidate on Tuesday, three months ahead of a general election scheduled for October 25. Lowassa, 61, was the east African country's ...
Tanzanian opposition coalition nominates former PM for presidencyThe Star Online
UKAWA endorses Lowassa to run for union presidentDaily News
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Tanzania's opposition leaders step down to protest candidate choice
Reuters Africa
DAR ES SALAAM Aug 6 (Reuters) - Two senior leaders of Tanzania's new opposition coalition have resigned over the nomination of a former ruling party official as presidential candidate, exposing fractures in the fragile coalition ahead of an October poll.
Tanzania's October election offers choice of improved transparency in gas ...IHS Jane's 360
Music and Politics Forever IntertwinedAllAfrica.com

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The battle that lies ahead at the Oscar Pistorius murder trial

The ruling party, CCM, is likely to face stiff opposition from Civic United Front (CUF) as tension heightens here ahead of the local government elections on December 14.

CCM and opposition poised for a bruising battle in several battleground constituencies

Deutsche Welle
Tanzania's opposition unites coalition ahead of elections
Deutsche Welle
Four main opposition parties in Tanzania have agreed to work together in the coming elections planned for October 2014 in a bid to uproot the ruling party which has been in power since independence. Tansania Demonstration in Daressalam 26.10.2014.
Tanzania opposition sign unity deal ahead of 2015 electionsThomson Reuters Foundation

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>Washington has acquired an unlikely ally in its battle against Islamic State militants in Iraq - a group of fighters it formally classifies as terrorists.

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Half opposition banned in House
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Nyamagana Member of Parliament (Chadema) Ezekiel Wenje is escorted out of Parliament by security guards in Dodoma yesterday. Photo: Halima Kambi. In what appears to be a sad ending of the 20th Parliament Speaker Anne Makinda yesterday banned ...
Members of Parliament blamed for House anarchyDaily News

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