New research has found that Swahili societies in Zanzibar landscaped baobab trees into their settlements 1,000 years ago, ... drone images help prove it Published: June 29, 2025 6:23am EDT.

Zanzibar, an island off the coast of East Africa, is a melting pot with Portuguese, Arab, Indian, and East African influences. Cape Town-based photographer Gregor Röhrig traveled there in 2009 ...

"I love Zanzibar - and also Tanzania. There is everything a photographer needs. I enjoy taking photos of wildlife, the spectacular landscape and the people," he says. Javed Jafferji studied film and ...

The three months from September are the crucial time for the clove harvest on the island of Pemba in Tanzania, as the BBC's Ruth Nesoba finds out.