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YOU WONT BELIEVE: Zanzibar - What They Never Told You

Husband of Tanzania's president dies while undergoing hospital treatment

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan's husband has died while undergoing treatment in Zanzibar

The Independent UK

Model Swims With Sea Turtles for Content, Gets Bitten on the Ass and Slammed Online: 'Stop Using Animals as Props!'

Cynthia Benítez Fernández's viral video of a turtle biting her in Zanzibar has sparked debate over the ethics of close wildlife interactions and the responsibilities of influencers.

International Business Times UK

Tanzania Serengeti and Zanzibar: The Africa Safari Indian Travellers Keep Postponing and Should Book

The list that never becomes a ticketYou have had this trip on your mind for a while. Maybe since you watched a wildlife documentary and the Serengeti looked so enormous and so quiet that you felt something shift. Maybe since a colleague came back from Tanzania and you asked too…

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In 1991, German development worker Sibylle Riedmiller invested her savings in an uninhabited island; three years later, its reef became a protected sanctuary.

In 1991, Sibylle Riedmiller launched a groundbreaking marine conservation initiative on Chumbe Island, collaborating with the Zanzibar government to safeguard the island's exquisite coral reef. By 1998, ecotourism emerged, financing vital conservation and educational efforts. Local fishermen were trained as park rangers to uphold protection laws, fostering a harmonious balance…

The Times of India

Meet The Spice Entrepreneur Challenging Trump's Newest Tariffs

"There is no domestic alternative" for peppercorns grown in Zanzibar or herbs from the south of France, says Ori Zohar, the former Shark Tank contestant taking the administration to court.

Reason

Vice President CP Radhakrishnan, Zanzibar President Hussein Ali Mwinyi hold "wide-ranging, productive discussions" in bilateral meeting

Vice President CP Radhakrishnan met Zanzibar President Hussein Ali Mwinyi in New Delhi. Discussions focused on strengthening trade, investment, and development partnerships between the nations. Zanzibar's President praised the new IIT Madras campus as a landmark educational initiative. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar also met President Mwinyi to deepen bilateral…

The Economic Times

Zanzibar travel guide: Best things to do, where to stay and top tips for visitors

Tanzania's island paradise has emerged as one of the Indian Ocean's fastest-growing travel destinations.

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Joe McCann Questioned By Police – Where Is Ashlee Jenae's Fiancé Now After Family Claims Radio Silence

Joe McCann is under investigation in Tanzania following the death of influencer Ashlee Jenae. Authorities have seized his passport, and he remains a witness in the ongoing case.

International Business Times UK

Suspicion surrounds death of US influencer Ashly Robinson in Zanzibar

Lifestyle influencer died while on vacation with boyfriend, who local officials say has since had his passport ‘withheld’

The Guardian - US

Cardi B Reacts to Ashlee Jenae's Death — Reports Claim Rapper Challenges Narrative, Placing Fiancé in Spotlight

Cardi B's response to an online post about Ashlee Jenae's death has intensified scrutiny, raising questions about the official narrative and focusing attention on her fiancé.

International Business Times UK

Ashlee Jenae's Mother's Interview Raises New Questions for Fiancé Joe McCann After Zanzibar Death

Ashlee Jenae's family is questioning the timeline and communication surrounding her death in Zanzibar, as they seek clarity on the tragic incident.

International Business Times UK

5 Photos of Joe McCann: Crypto Boss in Spotlight After Fiancée's Shock Death on Tanzania Trip

Influencer Ashlee Jenae's sudden death in Zanzibar leaves unanswered questions and scrutiny on her fiancé, Joe McCann. Family and friends reject suicide claims.

International Business Times UK

Ashlee Jenae Death: Is Fiance Joe McCann Lying About Her Death As Family Rejects Suicide Story?

Ashlee's family described the circumstances as 'suspicious' and questioned the narrative that she died by suicide.

International Business Times UK

Nigeria on edge as Trump threatens sanctions and military action {Business Africa}

Africa is witnessing major shifts in economics, education, and community development this week—from rising market fears in Nigeria to life-changing opportunities for East African students and women-led energy innovation in Zanzibar. Here are the stories making headlines.

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Zanzibar’s ‘solar mamas’ are trained as technicians to help light up communities

Replacing smoky lamps with solar energy, local women are helping light homes and protect communities.

The Independent UK

Zanzibar’s ‘solar mamas’ are trained as technicians to help light up communities

Around half of Zanzibar’s population of 2 million people live unconnected from the electricity grid

Radio France Internationale

Tanzania heads to polls with opposition barred and democracy under strain

Tanzanians are voting on Wednesday in a general election that looks set to keep President Samia Suluhu Hassan in power. But with opposition leaders jailed and political freedoms under pressure, the vote could mark another step back for democracy in one of East Africa’s more stable nations.

The Independent UK

The natural ingredient in your cosmetics that’s deadly to harvest

Seaweed has been farmed off Zanzibar for decades – but it holds potentially deadly risks for the women who do it

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The Conversation

Tanzania’s ruling party has crushed the opposition – the elections are a mere formality

Tanzania has conducted regular polls since the first multiparty elections in 1995. But they have often failed to meet democratic standards. The opposition has been persistently excluded and restricted, and media freedoms and civil rights have been suppressed. This pattern has come to be identified as electoral authoritarianism.

The Conversation

Abdulrazak Gurnah: searching for signs of Zanzibar’s most famous writer, all I found was trinkets and tourists

Zanzibar has long been an island of arrivals for traders, sailors, slaves and, more recently, waves of tourists. I arrived as a wedding guest and a reader of the Zanzibar born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, in search of the literary and emotional landscapes that shape his fiction. For a week, I…

The Conversation

Tanzania’s independence leader Julius Nyerere built a new army fit for African liberation: how he did it

Tanzania has long enjoyed a reputation as a peaceful country. In contrast to most of its neighbours, this east African nation of 67 million people has largely avoided large-scale violence within its borders.

The Conversation

Zanzibar’s baobab trees used to be a valued part of society – drone images help prove it

Baobab trees may be a proxy for measuring long-term use of land by humans. They live long, have economic benefits, and are used as shrines and markers on landscapes. Archaeologists have long suspected an association between baobabs and human settlements. Wolfgang Alders, who researches early urbanism and the first migrations…

The Conversation

Meet the forgotten enslaved and working-class labourers behind British exploration in Africa, Asia and Antarctica

By July 1858, the English explorer John Hanning Speke had been in Africa for 18 months. His eyes and body were weakened by fever, and he still hadn’t found what he set out to discover – the source of the River Nile.

Evening Standard

Zanzibar: How to spend a week in the nature-lover's paradise

From pristine beaches to vibrant marine life and a thriving old town, Vicky Jessop explores the island whose year-round sun makes it a go-to destination any time of the year

The Guardian - UK

‘Solar Mamas empower our people by giving them electricity’: the women lighting up Zanzibar

Women with little to no formal education trained to become solar technicians, transforming villages and tackling patriarchal norms

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