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

Baobab trees are found all over Zanzibar, but some of the largest and most impressive specimens grow on Tumbatu Island, off the northwest coast. These towering giants dominate the island's landscape, ...

Unguja. The political landscape in Zanzibar is shaping into one of anticipation as the island nation gears up for the October 2025 General Election. The Opposition ACT-Wazalendo national Chairman and ...

The experience of arriving at Mnemba Island, a private resort two miles from Zanzibar, was exactly as I remembered. When the speedboat neared the pearly shore, a crooked line of hotel staff ...

A 'ghost' island that suddenly appeared in the Caspian Sea in early 2023 is playing a centuries-long game of peekaboo with scientists, and it's about to vanish once again – if it hasn't already ...

A series of images from NASA's Landsat 8 and Landsat 9 satellites have captured the island's appearance in the sea and its near-complete disappearance by the end of the following year. Satellite ...

Eagle-eyed geologist Mark Tingay recently noticed the emergence of a ‘ghost island’ in November of 2024, caused by a submarine mud volcano called Kumani Bank. Satellites show that the island ...