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 ZANZIBAR, Tanzania (AP) - The winner of Zanzibar's disputed election appealed for peace Friday as the Indian Ocean archipelago celebrated the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan after days of political violence.
"The people of Zanzibar made their choice and God blessed their choice," President Amani Abeid Karume said in his first public address since being sworn in Wednesday for a second and final term. "There is no good reason for people not to respect the law."
Karume's main rival, Seif Shariff Hamad, says the Oct. 30 election was stolen. Hamad's supporters in the Civic United Front party fought running battles with police for four days before, during and after the poll in opposition strongholds in this semiautonomous part of Tanzania. At least two people were killed and scores were injured and arrested.
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