The union between the former colonial territory of Tanganyika and the archipelago state of Zanzibar has been regarded as a happy example of political integration in post-colonial Africa.

The union between the former colonial territory of Tanganyika and the archipelago state of Zanzibar has been regarded as a happy example of political integration in post-colonial Africa. Despite periodic tensions between the islands and the mainland, the United Republic of Tanzania has survived while Eritrea and has spent away from Ethiopia and the Senegambian Federation has collapsed. besides political conflict on Zanzibar now appears to be giving way to terrorist activity, which threatens to undermine the islands' economy.

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Over the past 10 years, tensions forward the two main Zanzibari islands of Unguja and Pemba have been