ACT-Wazalendo’s newly nominated presidential candidate for the United Republic of Tanzania, Luhaga Mpina, has vowed to “make history” in the October 29, 2025, general election, promising that ...

Zanzibar recorded its highest-ever monthly tourist arrivals in July, welcoming 98,370 international visitors — a 44.2 percent ...

Unguja. Motorists in Zanzibar will pay slightly less for petrol this month, but those relying on diesel are facing a steep price hike, according to the latest review by the Zanzibar Utilities ...

Unguja. Several Cabinet and deputy ministers risk losing their parliamentary seats following internal Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) primaries in Zanzibar that have proved unforgiving to many ...

ZANZIBAR: A wave of technological innovation is reshaping the education system in Zanzibar, as the introduction of “Smart ...

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 ...

AS the World celebrates 'Breastfeeding Week', Zanzibar is using the occasion to sound the alarm over a worrying rise in maternal malnutrition and undernourished children, conditions that continue to ...

Zanzibar’s current account surplus rose by 42.6 percent to US$611.1 million in the year ending June 2025, up from US$428.6 million in the corresponding period of 2024, according to the Bank of ...

Nine representatives from Boston College traveled to Zanzibar, Tanzania this summer to assist in social and environmental research in collaboration with State University of Zanzibar (SUZA), the NGOs ...

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 ...