The venture by Wasoko, a B2B e-commerce platform, has the support of the island’s leaders
This is not the first time nor last time that intellectual property laws have allowed western individuals or companies to lay claim to Africa’s cultural, linguistic and even culinary heritage
Zanzibar’s first vice-president in its government of national unity died of Covid-19 last week.
The booming, lucrative and often illicit trade in sea cucumbers, seahorses and fish maws threatens species and coastal communities
A respected and robust United States — with all of our flaws, mistakes and missteps — can be good for the defence of democracy, not least in Africa
There are several African conflicts that require urgent attention
Advancing science and conservation in the West Indian Ocean
With a deeper understanding of the problems, excluding children with disabilities can cease
Forgotten by history, the ancient city of Rhapta is among Africa’s most enduring archaeological mysteries
Foreign-owned ships registered in Tanzania have been caught smuggling drugs and arms. The country’s president has had enough
“In our diversity we find common destinies, shared histories; we celebrate what defines us as a group and as flowers of this rich garden of peoples."
We can learn from the Zanzibar uprising, which liberated people and freed the land, writes Andile Mngxitama.
Zanzibar’s famed singer Bi Kidude, renowned for her haunting voice and energetic performances, has died.
Randu Nzai Ruwa is no stereotypical revolutionary. But the soft-spoken carpenter has a radical idea.
You don’t have to go on a luxury package tour to enjoy what this tropical Tanzanian island has to offer
Four Tanzanians have been charged with negligence over last week’s boat accident off the country’s Zanzibar archipelago that killed 203 people.
A team of South African divers has arrived in Zanzibar to help find the bodies of around 200 people who drowned in a ferry accident early on Saturday.
Zanzibar has vowed stern punishment for those responsible for overloading a ferry that capsized off the coast of east Africa.
At least 190 people died on Saturday when a ferry capsized off the popular tourist archipelago of Zanzibar, a minister said.
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/ 10 September 2011
The international relations department says South African companies in Tanzania are helping with rescue procedures after a ferry capsized in Zanzibar.
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/ 10 September 2011
At least 43 people died when a ferry capsized off the coast of Zanzibar, but around 300 people are feared still missing, a Zanzibar minister says.
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/ 10 September 2011
A ferry sank overnight between two islands in the Zanzibar archipelago, off Tanzania, and a number of people are feared dead, a minister says.
Police on Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago seized 1 041 elephant tusks apparently being smuggled en route to Malaysia, say officials.
The revival of Zanzibar’s cinema culture is being pinned on a bughouse and a handful a diehards.
<b>Lloyd Gedye</b> takes a musical journey through the streets of Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar’s Stone Town.
Who would have thought? Even those who don’t like sushi are digesting seaweed every day.
The secret serpent of heroin lurks in the undergrowth of this tropical tourist spot.
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Tanzania await official poll results with federal president Jakaya Kikwete likely to clinch re-election.
Scarred Zanzibar shows it’s possible to fashion elegant responses to the obligations of memory.
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New hotel openings make the exotic Indian Ocean idyll of Zanzibar far more affordable, writes Poorna Shetty.
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Last year, Maryam Juma marked the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in style. She spent $40 on a goat, roasted the beast to perfection and invited 10 relatives over for a feast to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the festival at the end of Ramadan. But this year, skyrocketing prices for staple foods and other goods have eaten into her budget.
Zanzibar will soon privatise its clove industry in a bid to revive what was once the Indian Ocean Islands’ main foreign exchange earner, the archipelago’s finance minister said on Thursday. Cloves were once the main foreign exchange earner on the so called ”spice islands”, but the industry collapsed in the 1980’s.