Magufuli issues stern warning against anti-Union agitators

The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President John Magufuli, greets Mama Fatma Karume, the widow of the first Zanzibar President and Union founder Abeid Amani Karume at Jamhuri Stadium in Dodoma yesterday. Looking on is Mama Maria Nyerere, the widow of Mwalimu Julius Nyerere, the first President of the United Republic of Tanzania and founder of the Union. PHOTO | STATE HOUSE

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Addressing a multitude at the Jamhuri Stadium, Dr Magufuli said the Union has passed through numerous trials in the five decades of its existence. However, he, alongside his Zanzibar counterpart, Dr Ali Mohammed Shein, said they are committed to continue making it stronger.