This week, we look at how then Tanzanian leader Julius Nyerere hatched a plan to expel the revolution icon from Zanzibar.

For his part Zanzibar's President Abeid Karume, who led the Afro-Shirazi Party, saw union with Tanganyika as a means of undermining his opponents in government.

From a ringside seat, he observed the overthrow of the Arab-dominated independence government a month later, the maneuvers of foreigners pressing for influence with the new regime of Abeid Karume, and ...

Zanzibar today, Sunday, January 12, celebrates the Golden Jubilee of the revolution which 50 years ago overthrew the Sultan’s government, after Britain had finally agreed to independence a few weeks ...

The island runs on Swahili time-a full six hours behind the mainland-hence it was still morning on the afternoon Nyerere landed. Vice President Karume is still known as President on Zanzibar.

In short order, Karume reneged on the promises made at the time of the Revolution, banned Babu's Umma party and dispersed its cadres, mainly to the mainland.

Nyerere also sent his police to Zanzibar to guard the airport against Okello’s return. Okello says his plane later tried to return to the island but was prevented from landing and he returned to ...

Alarmed, Karume flew to Dar es Salaam to plead with Nyerere, who listened sympathetically and offered a counter proposal: let Zanzibar immediately merge with Tanganyika.

Zanzibar President Karume arrived here amid cheers of a welcoming crowd to merge his leftist-ruled spice island with the neighboring Tanganyika.