Malawi ballots destroyed in fire

No doubt acting out of curiosity, a reader emailed to ask me what the heading to this column, ‘Friendly Fire From Yesteryears,’ is intended to portray. How can fire be friendly, the fellow asked - perhaps bearing in mind such episodes as the Great Fire of London in 1666!

Iringa constituency polling clerk, Mr Ahmed Sawa has postponed the announcement of parliamentary election results until tomorrow after two ballot boxes went missing at Ipogolo C polling station.

The people of Lesotho are voting in snap elections called two years early in an effort to restore political stability in the mountain kingdom.

>President Jakaya Kikwete has alerted the Police Force to get ready to combat a planned move by “a group of people” to disrupt the next referendum and General Election.

South Africans are voting in general elections as the country marks 20 years since the end of white minority rule.

Voters in Tunisia are choosing their first freely elected president in a run-off election seen as a landmark in the country's move to democracy.

Voice of America
Tanzania Electoral Body Distributes Ballots Nationwide
Voice of America
October 15, 2015 5:32 PM. Tanzania's National Electoral Commission has begun distributing ballot papers and other materials across the country in readiness to administer the October 25 general election. Commission Chairman Damien Lubuva said officials ...

Case on voters' stay after casting ballots today
IPPmedia
The High Court in Dar es Salaam is today expected to start hearing a petition filed by Chadema Special Seat contestant Ammy Kibatala who is seeking a declaration order that voters have the right to stay orderly within the radius of 200 metres from ...
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