Tight race for Zambian presidency

Malawians are voting in what is expected to be one of the tightest elections in the country's history, with Joyce Banda facing three strong challengers.

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Tanzania Votes in Tight Election Race
NDTV
Dar es Salaam: Tanzania votes in presidential and general elections today, in what is expected to be the tightest race in the history of East Africa's most populous country. Analysts say the presidential race is between John Magufuli of the long-ruling ...
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Tanzania election: Ruling party faces fight to stay...

The race has begun and it is surely going to be the tightest this country has ever seen on its political terrain spanning nearly six decades and with already four competitive elections.

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Tight race and tensions as Tanzania readies for polls
GlobalPost
Tanzania votes in presidential elections on Sunday, with the race seen as the most open and expected to be the tightest in the East African nation's history. As well as a presidential race in East Africa's most populous country, voters will also be ...
Why Mpanda ex-lawmaker quit ChademaDaily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)
Challenging the descendants of JuliusThe...

Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff has regained the momentum in an election race that looks too close to call just a week before the first round of voting, using a wave of attacks to halt a surge by challenger Marina Silva.

Race for presidency heats up
Daily News
THE race for the Union presidency within the ruling CCM gained momentum yesterday, with six candidates collecting the nomination forms from the party's headquarters in Dodoma. As the number of presidential hopefuls reached ten, with many more still ...

Tanzania's presidential race is not as tight as previously thought—not even close
Quartz
In what has been described as the most competitive presidential campaign in Tanzania's history, presidential candidate John Magufuli of the ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) has established a significant lead, a new poll shows. The survey released ...
Independent poll gives Tanzania ruling party lead before October electionShanghai Daily (subscription)

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Race for CCM Presidency Heats Up
AllAfrica.com
Dodoma, Mwanza and Zanzibar — THE race for the Union presidency within the ruling CCM gained momentum yesterday, with six candidates collecting the nomination forms from the party's headquarters in Dodoma. As the number of presidential hopefuls ...
Race for presidency heats upDaily News

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Tanzania: Lowassa Headed to Opposition Ranks As Race for Presidency Heats Up
AllAfrica.com
Tanzania's opposition coalition Ukawa has officially welcomed former Prime Minister Edward Lowassa into its ranks in a plan to reinforce their efforts to defeat the ruling party CCM in the October presidential elections. In a strange turn of events ...
Former Tanzania Prime Minister Lowassa set to join oppositionCoastweek

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