Zanzibar

Inflation in mainland Tanzania is expected to remain within the 3% to 5% target range, supported by stable food supply and exchange rate stability

AfriForum cannot, on one hand, criticise state-owned entities for their perpetual reliance on bailouts and on the other hand, also criticise them when they engage in secondary…

Nobel Prize winner Abdulrazak Gurnah returns with Theft, a moving portrait of loss, longing, and the elusive idea of home.

In past elections results were tampered with and reversed, ballot boxes were seized and results cancelled in key constituencies, and voters ID’s have been withheld, which means…

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…

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."