Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Tensions in Zanzibar after election annulment

There's tension in the Tanzanian archipelago of Zanzibar after election results there were annulled.

Claims of voting irregularities come as counting continues in national elections, which have posed the strongest challenge to Tanzania's ruling party in over half a century.

Correspondent Dan Ashby, who's in semi-autonomous Zanzibar, says the nullification has cast doubt over the entire process.  

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Dan Ashby says the high stakes and past election-related violence in Zanzibar are fueling concern about the situation.
 
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The US government says it's "gravely alarmed" by the annulment and is calling for the announcement to be withdrawn.

Correspondent Dan Ashby is in Zanzibar and says that work to ascertain the overall results continues.

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