Tag: Zanzibar
Zanzibar opposition campaign manager says he was threatened by armed men
An opposition party campaign manager in semi-autonomous Zanzibar said on Sunday that he had been seized and threatened by armed men, while a parliamentary...
ISS: Economic growth or civil liberties: the choice facing Tanzanian voters
Tanzanians vote in a month’s time for a president and parliamentarians for both the mainland and Zanzibar. Under the shadow of COVID-19, they will...
Drones deployed in the fight against malaria
Scientists seeking a breakthrough in the fight against malaria used drones to spray rice fields in Zanzibar - not with traditional pesticides but with...
U.S. agency freezes $473 million aid to Tanzania over Zanzibar election
A U.S. aid agency has cancelled nearly $500 million (350.17 million pounds) of funding for Tanzania after disputed elections in the Zanzibar...
Tanzanian ruling party declared winner in Zanzibar re-run vote
The ruling party candidate in Tanzania's semi-autonomous Zanzibar was declared the winner in a re-run of presidential elections boycotted by the opposition.
The...
Zanzibar holds disputed re-run vote amid tight security
Tanzania's semi-autonomous Zanzibar archipelago went to the polls on Sunday amid tight security in a re-run of disputed elections that have been...
Zanzibar women brush up on law to keep control of land
Zuhura Salim was not entirely sure her family would ever recover a piece of land her father-in-law seized when her husband died...
Zanzibar opposition to meet army chief over political crisis
The main opposition leader in Tanzania's semi-autonomous Zanzibar archipelago will meet the country's army chief to discuss the political situation in the...
Two bomb blasts on Tanzania’s Zanzibar after disputed vote, no injuries
Two bombs exploded minutes apart in the main city on Tanzania's semi-autonomous Zanzibar archipelago on Saturday without causing casualties, police and witnesses...
EUCAP Nestor provides crime scene training to Zanzibar Maritime Police
On 30 June, the European Union maritime capacity building mission, EUCAP Nestor, launched a two-week training on crime scene investigation and evidence...
Zanzibar mosque bombing kills one, wounds seven
A bomb explosion killed one person and wounded at least seven in front of a mosque near Zanzibar's capital Stone Town, police...
Bombs target church, restaurant in Zanzibar
Homemade bombs went off near a cathedral and a restaurant popular with tourists on Monday on the semi-autonomous and mainly Muslim Zanzibar...
Zanzibar ferry death toll could rise sharply – VP
The death toll from Tanzania's ferry disaster could significantly rise after it emerged there were more than 1,000 passengers aboard the vessel...
SA divers rushed to Zanzibar after ferry disaster
A South African National Defence Force (SANDF) dive team has arrived in Zanzibar, offshore Tanzania, to assist with the recovery of the...
