Nigeria candidate dies as votes counted

Vote are being counted in Zambia's presidential elections, where the ruling party's candidate, Edgar Lungu, has a slim lead over his rival, Hakainde Hichilema.

ACT Candidate for Arusha Urban Dies
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Arusha — The Arusha Urban Parliamentary seat contender on the Alliance for Change and Transparency (ACT-Wazalendo) Ticket, Estomih Mallah, has passed on. He died at his Kimandolu home here yesterday. The ACT-Wazalendo party spokesperson, ...
Arusha parliamentary candidate to be buried on WednesdayDaily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)
ACT-Wazalendo parliamentary candidate for Arusha dies.IPPmedia

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CCM civic seat candidate for Uyole Ward, Mbeya Urban, who won nomination unopposed during the party’s primaries Kambi Ngela has died.

As voting takes place in Nigeria there are reports that gunmen have killed up to 25 people and set fire to homes in the northeast of the country, according to the governor of Borno state.

A man believed to be the oldest school pupil in Nigeria has died at the age of 94, his family says.

The emir of Kano, one of Nigeria's most prominent and revered Muslim leaders, has died, palace sources tell the BBC.

The deadly virus Ebola has claimed a third victim in Nigeria, taking the overall death toll to over 1,000 people.

'Elephants Stand Up and Be Counted'
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The Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute intends to start the second phase of elephant census in the Northern Circuit, comprising of Tarangire, Serengeti and Lake Manyara National Parks. The Director General for the Arusha-based TAWIRI Dr Simon Mduma ...

There are those who argue that the expression of ‘mankind’ is not the right way to describe sons and daughters of Adam and Eve, saying another description should be coined.