Tanzania/Zanzibar election

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...

BBC News
Zanzibar debates autonomy as Tanzania election approaches
BBC News
As Tanzania prepares to vote in general elections on Sunday, one of the burning issues on the archipelago of Zanzibar is the status of it union with the mainland. The two sovereign states of Tanganyika and Zanzibar came together in the wake of ...

The Secretary-General congratulates the people, Government and political parties of Tanzania for the peaceful and orderly manner in which the country held its elections on 25 October 2015. 
The responsible conduct of the citizens of Tanzania as they cast their ballots and awaited the results was a concrete manifestation of their commitment to democracy, peace and stability. 
The Secretary-General remains concerned about the situation in Zanzibar and underscores that any disputes related to the...

NDTV
Tanzania: Zanzibar Annuls Recent Election, New Vote Expected
AllAfrica.com
The semi-autonomous islands of Zanzibar annulled October's elections and a new vote appears likely despite continued negotiations to strike a political deal with Tanzania's mainland. Despite fierce opposition criticism, the government formalised the ...
Zanzibar Faces Fresh Elections Amid Crisis TalksNDTV

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Tanzania: Zanzibar Election Crisis Talks Enters Crucial Stage
AllAfrica.com
Zanzibar — Zanzibar President Ali Mohamed Shein and opposition leader Seif Sharif Hamad met here yesterday in what insiders say could be the final stages of the talks to end the political impasse caused by cancellation of election results. Their ...

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

Times LIVE
Zanzibar annuls election
Times LIVE
According to the disputed figures, John Magufuli of the long-ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi won 56.51% of votes and Edward Lowassa of the opposition Chadema party 41.67%. File photo. Image by: SADI SAID / REUTERS ...
Lowassa rejects 'rigged' poll results in Tanzania electionsThe Standard Digital News (satire) (press release) (registration) (blog)
Tanzania counts votes as Zanzibar announces re-runNew Vision
Official Nullifies Results of Zanzibar...

Citizen TV
Zanzibar election results annulled
Daily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)
THE election in Zanzibar has been annulled. Fresh polls will be called at a date to be announced later as the Isles' electoral body cited massive irregularities and results' cheating here. View Comments. ''It (the process) was not fair and had breaches ...
Zanzibar nullifies presidential polls over irregularitiesCitizen TV (press release)

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The State House has learnt, with regret, claims by the Secretary General of the Civic United Front (CUF) and its Presidential candidate in this year’s General Elections in Zanzibar, Honorable Seif Shariff Hamad, that he has been ignored and his request for an appointment with President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete, to discuss the political situation in Zanzibar, turned down.

The State House would like to categorically deny that it has received any request from Honorable Hamad for him to meet...