Baobab trees may be a proxy for measuring long-term use of land by humans. They live long, have economic benefits, and are ...

By Ryan Truscott MICHEWENI, Tanzania — Botanists have found a stand of rare trees in Tanzania’s Zanzibar archipelago not known to grow wild anywhere else in Africa. The intsia trees (Intsia ...

The medieval settlement of Unguja Ukuu, on the Zanzibar Archipelago off the coast of Tanzania, was a key port in an extensive Indian Ocean trade network that linked eastern Africa, southern Arabia ...

The magic starts in Stone Town on Unguja, Zanzibar's largest island. Stone Town was recently declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and here visitors can lose themselves among its mosques ...

Did you know that the lead singer of Queen was born in Zanzibar? That’s right – Freddy Mercury was born right in Stone Town in the 1940s.