VIDEO: Tension mounts ahead of Burundi elections

Red Cross Blogs
More refugees flee Burundi ahead of elections - UNHCR
UNHCR (press release)
NYARUGUSU REFUGEE CAMP, Tanzania, June 29, (UNHCR) – More than 6,000 refugees fleeing Burundi have crossed over into Tanzania in the last three days, taking to over 66,000 the total number of refugees who have arrived from its central African ...
What hope in the refugee camp the size of Cambridge?Red Cross Blogs (blog)

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Performance of the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange PLC (DSE) declined in the last three months with analysts associating the trend with the coming General Eection on October 25.

Gulf Times
Tanzania leader warns against violence ahead of elections
Gulf Times
Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete dismissed opposition accusations yesterday that his CCM party planned to rig a presidential vote next week and warned against violence ahead of the October 25 elections. Addressing a rally in the administrative ...
Union consolidation makes Tanzania land of hopeDaily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)
Tanzania president warns against violence ahead of...

News24
Tanzanian MPs warned off witchcraft ahead of elections
Yahoo! Maktoob News
Tanzanian politicians have been warned to steer clear of witchcraft ahead of elections later this year after the nation's parliament heard lawmakers could be involved in a wave of attacks on albinos whose body parts are prized in 'black magic' rituals. The East ...
Tanzanian politicians warned off witch craft ahead of electionDaily Mail

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Media urged to promote peace ahead of elections
IPPmedia
As Tanzania heads to the General Election slated for October this year, journalists have been urged to promote peace and reconciliation. The advice was made by the UN Resident Representative Alvaro Rodriguez over the weekend in Bagamoyo at a ...

>A cross-section of past and present leaders converged yesterday in Dar es Salaam for a two-day meeting to discuss peace and unity ahead of the October General Election.

Last week, Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda and other Members of the Constituent Assembly (MCAs), seemed to suggest they would convince the President to call the referendum on the proposed Constitution ahead of the 2015 General Election.

IPPmedia
PCCB cautions youths ahead of civic elections
IPPmedia
As Tanzania prepares to go for this year's local government elections on 14th December, youth across the country have been advised to participate fully during voting and be at the forefront in the fight against corruption. The call was made yesterday in Dar es ...

Deutsche Welle
Tanzania's opposition unites coalition ahead of elections
Deutsche Welle
Four main opposition parties in Tanzania have agreed to work together in the coming elections planned for October 2014 in a bid to uproot the ruling party which has been in power since independence. Tansania Demonstration in Daressalam 26.10.2014.
Tanzania opposition sign unity deal ahead of 2015 electionsThomson Reuters Foundation

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