ZANZIBAR, April 27 -- PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has urged all citizens to preserve and protect the Union as the cornerstone of peace, stability and sustainable development in the country.

Speaking yesterday at a Youth Union Anniversary Symposium in Tunguu, Zanzibar, as part of celebrations marking the 62nd anniversary of the Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar, she urged citizens particularly the youth to uphold unity and resist divisive tendencies.

She underscored that the Union of the United Republic of Tanzania is a union of people that transcends the integration of the two governments—Zanzibar and Tanganyika to embrace citizens who share a common destiny.

“With unity, the enemy has no space to penetrate. You should not...