SEIF Sharif Hamad, Zanzibar’s opposition presidential candidate, has been arrested this afternoon. He was walking, toward the offices of the Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC), which is preparing to announce the winner. Preliminary unofficial results show Hamad leading with 53.6% of the total votes against 44% of Dr Hussein Mwinyi....
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THIS year’s general election in Tanzania was a sham, the Tanzania Elections Watch (TEW) has concluded. TEW is a regional observers’ panel comprising eminent persons formed to monitor the...
WITH widespread irregularities, the election is already rigged, but Tanzanians are taking part as a sign of protest against a dictatorship they are bent on defeating, anyway. The most...
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Tanzanians circumvent draconian laws to resist Internet shutdown on election day
THE government of Tanzania shut down Internet on the eve of the general election, in an obvious attempt to facilitate the rigging of the election, but the people quickly...
THERE are reports of violence in Zanzibar this night, particularly in Pemba Island, with some people feared dead, following clashes involving the armed forces and the opposition supporters determined...
KATIKA siku chache hizi kuelekea uchaguzo, Zanzibar imegeuka eneo lililojaa vifaru, magari ya deraya, bunduki hasa AK 47 na zana zingine za kivita kila kona. Hali ilianza kuchafuka zaidi...
Mipango ya kuvuruga uchaguzi Zanzibar sasa imeingia katika hatua mpya, ilitoanza kuzoeleka Tanzania Bara. Ni utekaji wa wagombea au wasaidizi wao au viongozi wa chama. Baada ya juzi kumteka...
NASSOR Mazrui, a senior leader of Zanzibar’s main opposition party, ACT-Wazalendo, has been raided and kidnapped by security forces this morning. The incident took place as Mazrui was heading...
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Magufuli’s police throw tear gas at opposition presidential candidate’s public rally in Kilwa
THE ruling party is wary of the pace of the opposition candidate in Tanzania five days ahead of the election day. Overwhelmed by the people’s massive resistance against the...
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Tanzania’s electoral commission accused of manipulating voters’ register, polling centres
There is every indication that the National Electoral Commission (NEC) in Tanzania is conspiring with the ruling party (CCM) to rig the election in favour of the incumbent, John...