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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Senegal and Nigeria, titans clash in ZanzibarThe 2024 African Nations Championship (CHAN) continues this Tuesday, August 5, ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 they cannot vote ...

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 ...