Dar es Salaam, April 27 -- DAR ES SALAAM: PRESIDENT Dr Hussein Mwinyi has assured that Zanzibar will continue to remain a staunch supporter of the Union and ensure that it exists, flourishes and grows stronger for the benefit of the present and future generations.

The Isles President made the assurance yesterday during the national celebrations to mark the 60th Anniversary of the Union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar, attended by, among others, seven Heads of State.

Tanzania is commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Union founded on April 26, 1964, by the late Father of the Nation, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere and former Zanzibar first President, the late Sheikh Abeid Amani Karume.

“The decision by the founders to unite the two part...