Abdulla Mohammad Juma, managing editor of Zanzibar Leo newspaper in Tanzania, was based at the Keene, Sentinel in Keene, New Hampshire, where he was interviewed about the election and made comparisons to his country.

“We started the multiparty system in 1995, so politicians and supporters still find it a new thing. It is difficult for journalists to report equally because some parties think they have more right to be covered than the other parties because of this single-party legacy. But we are trying to do [our] best…

“[People] consider the election as a fight or conflict, so reporting in such kinds of conflict is a problem for journalists. For example, last month we had a bi-party election in a region in Tanzania. There, you can see people have been beaten, you can find cars that have been set on fire, houses have been burned down…

“Since I have come here I have never experienced this kind of thing. I find people are campaigning openly, and the reporters have the choice to write whatever they want to write.”