In August 1896, the British Empire and the Sultanate of Zanzibar clashed in what became the shortest war in recorded ...

Ultimately, the Union between Tanganyika and Zanzibar was not a result of Zanzibar being rebuffed by Kenya. Rather, it was a ...

The merger ended the "People's Republic" of Zanzibar, which was set up after the overthrow of the British-backed sultan last January and speedily recognized by the Soviet Union and Communist China.