Dar es Salaam, April 26 --  Nyerere, Karume planted everlasting seeds of unity and solidarity

 Founding fathers used Kiswahili as a unifying communication too

DAR ES SALAAM: IN 60 years, Tanzania has maintained its leadership position as one of the most peaceful and politically stable countries in Africa and worldwide.

Since the formation of the Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar on April 26, 1964, the country has neither experienced civil war nor any major conflict.

Citizens have been living in peace with a sense of common national identity due to, among other things, religious tolerance and the Kiswahili language, which is the unifying communication tool.

In marking the 60th Union anniversary, socio-political and econ...