Stone Town was still asleep at 6 a.m., which surprised me. I had gotten up early to beat the crowds, catch some early morning sunlight and take a cool leisurely stroll through the maze of Zanzibar's ...

ZANZIBAR CITY, Zanzibar — Stone Town was still asleep at 6 a.m., which surprised me. I had gotten up early to beat the crowds, catch some early morning sunlight and take a cool, leisurely stroll ...

By Lesley Frederikson The exotic island of Zanzibar in Tanzania was our luxurious tropical reward after 10 days of game drives, bumpy treks and safari tents. An air-conditioned room, electricity at ...

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As a Zanzibari retiree on verge of my 70th birthday, I felt I could not withhold comment on Ali Mafuruki's article ("The problem of Zanzibar cannot be solved without understanding the Revolution," The ...

When the famous British explorer Richard Francis Burton sailed into the harbor of Zanzibar in 1856, he was intoxicated by the way “earth, sea and sky, all seemed wrapped in a soft and sensuous repose.

Sultan Qaboos bin Said of Oman, the world's longest-ruling king who reigned for 50 years, died on January 10, 2020, at the age of 79. His death was announced by the Royal Court of Oman on January 11, ...

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Egyptian coach Abdel-Fattah Abbas is officially in charge of developing football on the archipelago of Zanzibar, Tanzania, whose locals view him with admiration In the old Stone Town, the capital of ...