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/ 31 October 2005

Clashes and fraud mar Zanzibar election

Vote counting was under way on Monday after elections to choose a president and lawmakers in the popular tourist destination of Zanzibar were marred, like previous ballots, by violence and fraud. Opposition presidential candidate Seif Shariff Hamad claimed a strong early lead against Amani Karume late on Sunday, the current leader of Tanzania’s semi-autonomous island of Zanzibar.