Botanists have found a stand of rare trees in Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago not known to grow wild anywhere else in Africa.

According to The Associated Press, the incident happened on Pemba Island, which is part of the Zanzibar archipelago. Mkoani District medical officer, Dr. Haji Bakari, told the news outlet that the ...

The caves are not commercialised or touristy; hence, you won’t find YouTube videos of tourists’ escapades to these hidden ...

Access: Several specialist operators on Pemba Island offer night dives to the coral reefs around the island.

The coastal areas are where humans have the most direct impact on the ocean's resources. Pemba Island broke away from the African mainland around 10 million years ago. Today, strong currents that ...

ZANZIBAR: THE long-standing challenge of delayed transshipment of goods to Zanzibar has finally been resolved with the ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. PEMBA ISLAND, Tanzania — Pemba Island’s Ngezi Forest Reserve, a complex of moist evergreen and coastal forests, mangroves and heathland in ...

Unguja. Zanzibar imported a record 28 million litres of fuel in January 2025, marking the highest level ever recorded for the island. This surge in imports was partly fuelled by the 61st anniversary ...

With some of the most spectacular coral reefs, Zanzibar and Pemba islands will prove irresistible to the keen diver and snorkeler. Sitting on soft white sand, I watched the sun sink into the sea ...

For generations, this crescent-shaped island off the northern coast of Zanzibar – a semi-autonomous ... a workshop hosted by Community Forests Pemba, a local non-profit. There, she learned ...

Khamis Ali Khamis has a long career in community-led conservation in Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago, the last six years of them in charge of Ngezi Forest Reserve on the island of Pemba.