TANZANIA - POLITICS - ELECTION - MEETING

TANZANIA, UNITED REPUBLIC OF, Dar es Salaam : Presidential candidate John Magufuli, leader of ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), attends a meeting before the general election, on October 21, 2015, in Dar es Salam. CCM's party's candidate John Magufuli hopes to succeed President Jakaya Kikwete in what is seen as the tightest electoral race in Tanzania's history, as the main opposition parties unite around ex-prime minister Edward Lowassa, 61, who recently defected from the CCM.