New polls system angers Opposition

As the 2015 election dust settles, we should conduct deep soul-searching on the important exercise whose climax was Election Day – October 25

 Arrests, harassment, a clampdown on free speech: with less than a year before elections in Burundi, critics say the government is doing all it can clamp down on political challengers.

The opposition and its chances on 2020 polls  The Citizen Daily

The just ended local government elections have placed the ruling party CCM at the top against opposition political parties.

CCM outshines opposition in Himo polls
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OPPOSITION parties on Wednesday evening walked away empty handed after the ruling party, CCM, emerged with a landslide victory, grabbing chairmanship, vice and other subcommittee positions in the election to get Himo Township leaders. Announcing ...

The government has agreed to meet with various stakeholders, including opposition party leaders, ahead of the upcoming local government elections, to discuss how to ensure they are free and fair.

Bujumbura, Friday. Burundi’s opposition parties announced Friday they will boycott upcoming elections, saying it was not possible to hold a fair vote following weeks of violence over President Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid to cling to power.

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Opposition cries foul in tight Tanzanian polls
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John Magufuli of the long-ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party is seen as the narrow favourite to beat ex-prime minister Edward Lowassa, a CCM stalwart who recently defected to Chadema, which is heading a coalition of opposition parties. File photo
Magufuli leads race so farDaily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)
Initial results from Tanzania election puts leading party aheadSouth African Broadcasting...

>Things were in a shambles. A mess. Chaotic. It was hard to believe the events that were unfolding on Sunday as millions of Tanzanians thronged the polling stations to elect local government leaders.