Zanzibar — Zanzibar Revolution took place 52 years ago with local Zanzibaris' overarching goal of having a government of the people, by the people, and for the people as stipulated in Abraham ...

The Revolution of January 12, 1964 was a great moment for the emancipation of the people of Zanzibar. As such, there will always be two sides to the story, one associated with the victorious ...

Zanzibar today, Sunday, January 12, celebrates the Golden Jubilee of the revolution which 50 years ago overthrew the Sultan’s government, after Britain had finally agreed to independence a few weeks ...

Just one month after gaining independence there was an uprising in Zanzibar in 1964. It was billed as a leftist revolution but the worst of the violence was ethnically targeted. Show more Just one ...

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has cautioned the people of East Africa against divisionism, saying it is a setback for the region. “You cannot tell me about divisions, I believe in unity,” he said.

Petterson, who served as U.S. ambassador in Sudan, Somalia, and Tanzania, began his African diplomatic career at the U.S. consulate in Zanzibar shortly before the island's independence in December ...