The Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar has officially licensed ride-hailing giant Bolt to operate on the islands, marking a ...

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 incumbents.The ...

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

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 ...

For the Mainland presidential seat, the nominees are Aaron Kalikawe and Luhaga Mpina, who recently defected from the ruling ...

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

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.

Zanzibar Police Commissioner Kombo Khamis Kombo announced on July 2, 2025, that traffic-related offences rose to 28,740 ...

ZANZIBAR Deputy Minister for Health, Mr Hassan Khamis Hafidh, has expressed concern over the growing number of women arriving at health facilities to give birth with blood deficiencies, a key factor ...

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 ...

The Sultan of Zanzibar, a despot of the old school, had recently submitted to demands to close the public slave market. The site had been promptly bought by the Bishop for the erection of a cathedral.