Jakaya Kikwete, presidential candidate for the ruling Revolutionary Party, took an early lead today in Tanzania’s third elections since multi-party politics were reintroduced in 1992.

The man widely expected to win tomorrow’s presidential elections in Tanzania collapsed while addressing thousands of supporters on the last day of campaigning today.

The winner of Zanzibar’s disputed election appealed for peace today as the Indian Ocean archipelago celebrated the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan after days of political violence.