Tanzania president selected

Tanzania's governing party has nominated President Benjamin Mkapa as its candidate for the general election scheduled at the end of October.

The conference of the Chama cha Mapinduzi party in the city of Dodoma almost unanimously voted for Mr Mpaka to serve a second five-year term.

On Friday, the party chose Amani Abeid Karume as its candidate for the parallel election in Zanzibar.

From the newsroom of the BBC World Service