Q&A: Madagascar election run-off

Tunisia's presidential election will go to a run-off after no candidate secured an overall majority in the first round of voting, official results show.

Polling is extended on the final day of Egypt's presidential election amid reports of a light turnout, with ex-army chief Abdul Fattah al-Sisi poised to win.

President Peter Mutharika battles for re-election after irregularities voided last year's result.

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EAC Boss Dr Sezibera Warns Uganda & Tanzania Against Election Violence
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East African governments have been asked to use elections to consolidate and celebrate democracy thus contribute to the reduction of violence. Speaking in an interview with KFM, ahead of today's polls in Tanzania, the East African Community (EAC) ...
Tanzania votes in tight election raceNew Vision
JK relives Richmond scandal, selectivelyIPPmedia
Tanzania: It Is D-Day, Let Us All Vote Wisely and Uphold...

Asking whether it’s proper to salute the person who coined the proverb that ‘mountains don’t meet but people do’ as wise may sound stupid.

Elections in Zanzibar have been annulled for not being free and fair, the electoral chief on the Tanzanian archipelago has announced.Rows between rival electoral commissioners had led to physical fights, Jecha Salum Jecha said.The opposition says the vote on the islands was cancelled because it won.
The main challenger in the national presidential election, Edward Lowassa, said the problems in Zanzibar could be mirrored across the country.Earlier, he called for the national electoral...

Pay teachers instantly, election or no election
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On Tuesday this week, President Jakaya Kikwete made a vow he has never made during his ten-year tenure of presidency concerning the plight of teachers in the country. He has promised to resolve the teachers' grievances before the October General ...

GENERAL ELECTION 2020: How the 1970 General Election set a new dawn for Tanzania  The Citizen Daily

In exactly 131 days from today, we will be heading to the polls to exercise our constitutional right – electing councilors, legislators and more importantly, our fifth president since we attained independence 54 years ago.