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Zanzibar vote annulled in Tanzania poll

Zanzibar's electoral commission on Wednesday annulled elections on the semi-autonomous Tanzanian archipelago citing "violations of electoral law".

Zanzibar Electoral Commission (ZEC) chairman Jecha Salim Jecha, in a statement broadcast on public television, said the polls on the Indian Ocean archipelago were "nullified" and must be carried out again.

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