Group condemns police raid at election observers’ office

Police yesterday raided and seized 24 computers from an office used by the Tanzanian Civil Society Consortium on Election Observation (Tacceo) to receive election reports from various regions.

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Police raid BAWACHA office, arrest MP Mdee
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Chadema Women Wing (BAWACHA) Chairperson and Kawe MP, Halima Mdee argues with a riot police officer when the legislator and other BAWACHA members started their planned march to State House. Leading opposition party, Chama cha Demokrasia ...
Halima Mdee in police custodyDaily News

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Tanzania opposition says police raid tallying centre after election
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DAR ES SALAAM Oct 25 (Reuters) - Tanzania's biggest opposition party Chadema said police have raided its tallying centre and arrested party members after presidential and parliamentary polls closed on Sunday, a rare incident in a mostly peaceful day of ...

Libya condemns a secret US military operation to capture the suspected leader of the deadly raid on a US diplomatic post in Benghazi in 2012.

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan vows "to leave no stone unturned" in tracking down the perpetrators of a mosque attack that left dozens dead.

AU brings in 50 election observers
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African Union Commission (AUC) has assigned 50-member Election Observation Mission (AUEOM) to Tanzania's general elections scheduled for next week. The AUEOM which is led by His Excellency Armando Emilio GUEBUZA, former president of the ...
Election observers deploy soonDaily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)
European Union sends 60 more Election Observers in TanzaniaCoastweek

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Election Observers Deploy Soon
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Sixty Short-Term Observers from the European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) will arrive in Dar es Salaam today, to observe the general election on October 25. They will be deployed across the country on October 20 where they will join the ...
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Observer Groups on Hand for Tanzania ElectionsVoice of America
European Union sends 60 more Election Observers in TanzaniaCoastweek

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Attack on election observers: How, why it all happened
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With only seven months left before Tanzania holds its 5th general elections in October this year, the election observers have been cautioned to take and consider security issues very seriously. This follows a recent attack and assaulting of observers from the ...

The observers join the EU EOM’s Core Team of election analysts who arrived in the country on September 11. The EU EOM to Tanzania is led by Judith Sargentini, a Member of the European Parliament from the Netherlands.