Tourism remains one of Zanzibar’s largest economic sectors, contributing substantially to employment and foreign exchange ...

The Second Vice President of Zanzibar, Hemed Suleiman Abdulla, will serve as the Guest of Honour at the upcoming Zanzibar ...

ZANZIBAR: ZANZIBAR Deputy Minister for Health, Mr Hassan Khamis Hafidh, has expressed concern over the growing number of ...

Zanzibar is, of course, more than its main island. The second largest of the 50 that make up the region is Pemba, a quick flight northeast from Unguja, also known as Zanzibar Island.

Unguja. Zanzibar has recorded an increase of 70.4 percent in road traffic offences in the first six months of 2025, even as major criminal offences have declined by nearly 28 percent over the same ...

Dar es Salaam. In the run-up to the year 2000, Zanzibar was gripped by one of its most dramatic political episodes—a behind-the-scenes campaign by then-President Dr Salmin Amour to amend the ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) advocates for exclusive breastfeeding during the first six months to support healthy ...

On Aug. 16, Sacramento-based event organizer Cherub is hosting a community concert event at the Rink Studios in Old North ...

Europe remains the main source of tourists traveling to Zanzibar for beach vacations and exploration of the island's rich cultural heritage.

Zanzibar was once afloat with riches from empires all around the Indian Ocean. But in recent decades the opulence of centuries past has begun to crumble.

Today, Zanzibar’s population is almost entirely Muslim. For two centuries it was part of the Sultanate of Oman; for a brief period in the 1880s, the Omani capital was moved from Muscat to Stone ...

Zanzibar, Tanzania’s semi-autonomous archipelago, signed an agreement with two companies to build its first large-scale solar power plant at a cost of $140 million. The agreement with Mauritian ...