
ZEC Clears 11 Candidates for 2025 Zanzibar Presidential Race
ZEC to provide each candidate with a campaign vehicle, driver, and security guard, while covering all fuel and maintenance costs.
ZEC to provide each candidate with a campaign vehicle, driver, and security guard, while covering all fuel and maintenance costs.
Othman Masoud Othman accuses the international community of indifference, arguing that its inaction emboldens Tanzania’s ruling CCM party to act with impunity.
The Zanzibar General Election is scheduled for October 28–29, 2025, and will include voting for the President of Zanzibar, members of the House of Representatives, and councillors.
He defends his party’s decision to contest the 2025 election and enter a unity government, pushing back against critics who label it a CCM ‘special project.’
Zanzibar’s retention of early voting deals a blow to opposition demands for electoral reform.
According to the 2022 Population and Housing Census, Zanzibar has a population of 1,889,773, of which 215,434 about 11.4 percent are people with disabilities. Yet out of the 76 seats in the House of Representatives, only three are currently held by individuals with disabilities.
Maridhiano hayakuwa tu makubaliano ya viongozi wawili, bali Azimio la Kitaifa, lililotokana na matumaini na matarajio halali ya Wazanzibari kuona mustakabali wa amani, haki, na mshikamano.
Maridhiano was never meant to be a one-time fix, but a continuous process — a culture of political maturity, mutual respect, and shared responsibility.
The central agenda is to negotiate fair and sustainable criteria for allocating tuna fishing quotas vital to food security, livelihoods, and economic development across the region.
Katika kikao cha kusikilizwa kwa shtaka hilo, watuhumiwa wote walikana mashitaka dhidi yao.
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