Zanzibar Election Watch Twitter

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Zanzibar election watch twitter. Zanzibar tanzania ap the main opposition party in tanzania s semiautonomous zanzibar archipelago has announced it will join a coalition government with the islands ruling party after a disputed poll in october in which some of its supporters were allegedly. Fewer major election observers will be present some saying they were not invited by the government and the opposition said authorities made it difficult to accredit thousands of their own observers. Tanzania elections watch a regional group of eminent people expressed concerns about the credibility and conduct of the election noting deadly violence on the eve of the vote in zanzibar.

Pre election statement by the tanzania elections watch panel ahead of the general elections on 28 october 2020 the panel is however deeply concerned over reports of escalating tension in zanzibar on the eve of the polls. The regional election observer team tanzania election watch has decried the. I m alarmed by reports from zanzibar and elsewhere of violence deaths and detentions.

Police shootings and killings. In the days leading up to the polls the opposition said 10 people have died in violence in zanzibar while major social media networks such as whatsapp and twitter have been blocked across. Zanzibar an indian ocean archipelago is a semi autonomous state of the east african country of tanzania and both are due to elect their presidents and lawmakers in wednesday s election.

Marco longari afp meanwhile in the zanzibar.