The largest European oil producer, Royal Dutch Shell plc (“Shell”) and the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on exploitation of gas and oil recently discovered in the Isles.
Maoniya Katuni Muungano wa Tanzania, ambao uliasisiwa na Rais wa kwanza wa Tanganyika, Mwalimu Julius Nyerere pamoja na Rais wa Zanzibar Abeid Aman Karume miaka 49 iliyopita, (wote marehemu), umeweka rekodi ya kuwa Muungano uliodumu kwa muda mrefu zaidi kuliko nchi zozote zilizowahi kuwa na Muungano barani Afrika.