Tanzania’s rulers face fight for power
Tanzania is holding its most tightly contested general elections, as a new opposition coalition tries to end the governing party’s 54-year grip on power.
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Tanzania is holding its most tightly contested general elections, as a new opposition coalition tries to end the governing party’s 54-year grip on power.
A considerable lowering of electoral standards by the regional bloc saw Zimbabwe getting a seal of approval from the Southern African Development Community (SADC)’s election observer mission (SEOM) on September 2, 2013 following a verdict that the Zimbabwe harmonized election was ‘generally credible’.
ZANU PF is reportedly blocking efforts by the South African facilitation team from making any meaningful progress in its mediation efforts, calling their presence ‘unnecessary’. Repeated attempts to secure a meeting with Mugabe have been in vain.
HARARE – Nearly a dozen African leaders and other global high-rollers are expected for Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s September 15 wedding to Elizabeth Macheka, in a telling show of the MDC leader’s pulling power.
HARARE – Southern Africa’s regional body Sadc looks set to convene an extraordinary summit on Zimbabwe after disagreements over a new constitution threatened to disrupt a roadmap to a fresh election.