Ethnic minorities in focus in British election race

Famous Bongo fleva artistes will tomorrow perform at the Zakhem grounds to encourage the public to participate in the forthcoming General Election.

The Tanzanian election race is on
The Africa Report
The scrabble to replace Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete seemed like a simple punch-up between two long-standing politicians: foreign minister Bernard Membe and former prime minister and Kikwete ally Edward Lowassa. Until Charles Nyerere joined ...

LONDON - Prime Minister David Cameron enjoyed a surprise triumph in the British election Friday as his Conservative Party won a narrow outright victory over a faltering opposition.
The result lifted a fog of uncertainty but leaves Britain facing two constitutional crises: a potentially damaging referendum on whether to quit the European Union, and renewed pressure from Scottish nationalists who want to leave the 300-year-old United Kingdom.
The opposition Labour Party took a beating, with its...

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Tanzania Votes in Tight Election Race
NDTV
Dar es Salaam: Tanzania votes in presidential and general elections today, in what is expected to be the tightest race in the history of East Africa's most populous country. Analysts say the presidential race is between John Magufuli of the long-ruling ...
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Tanzanias Election Crackdown on DissentDaily Beast
Tanzania election: Ruling party faces fight to stay...

As vote counting continues, CCM’s presidential candidate Dr John Magufulil is still leading in the preliminary results against his main challenger Edward Lowassa of Chadema.

Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff has regained the momentum in an election race that looks too close to call just a week before the first round of voting, using a wave of attacks to halt a surge by challenger Marina Silva.

IBNLive
Tanzania votes in closest presidential election race in the country's history
IBNLive
Tanzanians voted in presidential and general elections on Sunday in what has been billed as the closest race in the country's history, with the governing party facing the first major challenge to its dominance in decades. Polling in East Africa's most ...
Polls open in landmark Tanzania electionMail & Guardian Online
Tanzania's ruling party looks set for poll win, opposition cries foulNews24
Candidates'...

>It is good that talks and moves towards the expected 2015 General Election in Tanzania have started. It is basically good and healthy that there is already a long litany of presidential aspirants from the supply side of the presidential race equation. Indeed, it is bad that a complete and ‘official’ list normally comes out just few months before election campaigns.

Discourses about tribalism often emerge in political, social and academic fronts. Scholars and politicians too have tried to define it from their own perspectives depending on how it suits them – either as a threat to their political existence in the case of politicians or as a sociological subject for their scholarly work in the case of the academicians.