Tanzania: Zanzibar Referendum to Set Scene for Power-Sharing

In Tanzania, the offshore archipelago of Zanzibar held a referendum Saturday which is likely to mean that a coalition government is formed.

The referendum seeks approval for a constitutional change that would create two vice-president positions to be shared between the parties that come first and second in parliamentary polls.

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