Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Zanzibar are the regional 2023 CECAFA U-15 Boys champions. The Zanzibar team defeated Uganda Rhinos 4-3 in the penalty shootouts to be crowned as CECAFA U-15 champions at the Njeru based FUFA technical center on Thursday. The match had ended 1-1 in the allotted 90 …
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HOTEL REVIEW | THE INDEPENDENT | Newly opened The Neela Boutique Hotel Stone Town offers exciting new food and beverage outlets to entice the palates of visitors and locals enjoying a weekend away in Zanzibar’s ancient city The Neela Boutique Hotel Stone Town recently opened in the heart of Zanzibar’s …
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Zanzibar has emerged as an audacious contender for an African event on the Formula 1 motorsport calendar. Backed by the government, revered competitors, and the sport’s management, there is unanimous agreement on the significance of bringing this thrilling event to the continent. The presumption so far has been that South …
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Dar es salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzania’s Zanzibar President Hussein Ali Mwinyi on Sunday opened the 6th Kiswahili international conference and urged delegates to make the language global. Mwinyi urged the delegates from across the world to support efforts aimed at demonstrating the importance of Kiswahili for Zanzibar, Tanzania, and the …
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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | Xinhua | Tanzania’s Zanzibar authorities on Saturday launched a research project aimed at enhancing the use of herbal medicines as an alternative cure for non-communicable diseases. The research will also involve adding value to herbal medicines through manufacturing processes and marketing. “Research and developing herbal …
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Dar es Salaam, Tanzania | THE INDEPENDENT | Reports that Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli has been flown abroad for treatment are surprising, because left on his own, he rarely travels outside the country’s borders. What that means is that his Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been the most noticeable …
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Zanzibar, Tanzania | UN | A year on from the brutal killings of 15 United Nations peacekeepers from Tanzania in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the head of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO) paid a visit to some of the victims’ families on Friday, to honour the memory of the soldiers …
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Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Separatist campaigners on the East African island of Zanzibar have appealed to a regional court to challenge the legality of its union with mainland Tanzania, they said Thursday. Rashid Salum Adiy, head of the Zanzibar Rights of Freedom and Autonomy (Zarfa) organisation, a group not …
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Machakos, Kenya | AFP | Kenya won the Cecafa Challenge Cup on Sunday as they edged Zanzibar 3-2 in a penalty shootout following a 2-2 draw after extra time in the final in Machakos. Ovella Ochieng put hosts Kenya into a fifth-minute lead after bending in a long-range strike, but …
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Nairobi, Kenya | AFP | Zanzibar are challenging for a first Cecafa Challenge Cup title in 22 years following their impressive run to the semi-finals of the nine-nation tournament. The competition’s surprise packages take on holders Uganda in the last four in Kisumu on Friday, knowing that victory would send …
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