On Thursday, for the first time, Zanzibar, commemorated the abolition of slavery. The island is part of Tanzania and was a key stopping off point for Arab slavers across east Africa.

LONDON, Dec, 27.--A Zanzibar dispatch says: "It has been discovered that an agreement in relation to slave dealing exists between the English East Africa Company, the Sultan of Zanzibar, and the ...

Known as the Anglo-Zanzibar war, it consolidated British power over the island and brought an end to the slave trade along the east coast of Africa. The Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Sa’id Ibn had ...

And the President of Zanzibar, Hussein Mwinyi, praised the place of faith organisations in this process and announced a new national holiday to commemorate the abolition. Archbishop Welby had met the ...

Between the 16th and early 20th centuries, Zanzibar, Lamu and Mombasa enjoyed immense wealth.The three locations were a key hub for trade between Africa, Oman, India and Europe. Ships that docked ...