Zanzibar & the Swahili Coast: Travelling the Zanzibar Archipelago and Tanzanias Northeastern & Southeastern Coasts
All Africa (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
THE Tanzania Mainland soccer team, Kilimanjaro Stars were reduced to mere novices after going down 0-2 at the hands of Uganda in one of the matches today in the CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup here.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 3 hours ago
A couple of weeks ago, when secretary general of Zanzibar's Civic United Front, Seif Shariff Hamad led a party delegation to the State House to acknowledge Amani Abeid Karume as President, it was evident something had changed on the politically troubled Isle.
BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday
There are wins for defending champions Uganda, Zanzibar and Rwanda on day two of East and Central Africa's regional tournament the Cecafa Senior Challenge Cup in Kenya.
turenchi (Free subscription) | yesterday
Badri Mwalimu scored an own goal in the fourth minute of this game, and the score remained the same as the Somali team made a fight of it in front of many Nairobi-based Somali spectators who were lending their support.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
TANZANIA teams 'Kilimanjaro Stars' and Zanzibar Heroes launch their campaigns for glory in the 33rd Orange CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup in Mumias today. The two teams are in group C along with Uganda and Burundi.
Kotaku Australia (Free subscription) | 27/11/2009
Coming in early 2010 from the creator of LEGO Zanzibar , The Battle of the Brick is a 25-minute LEGO Halo video made entirely out of LEGO bricks. Check out the extended reveal trailer below! (more…)
Londonist (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Image / trailerfullofpix Feltham has unveiled a monument to favourite son Freddie Mercury . A 2,000 -strong crowd convened to watch as the late singer's 87-year old mother, alongside Brian May, introduced the bronze memorial and spoke about her son. Born in Zanzibar to a Parsi Zoroastrian family who hailed from Gujarat, the teenaged Farrokh Bulsara came to England following his war-torn homeland's...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
Intellectuals and political analysts have expressed regrets over statements by two ministers from the Zanzibar Revolutionary Government that the isles have no room for a coalition government.
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
DUBAI, U.A.E.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hilton Worldwide today announced the signing of a management agreement with Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Almousa Trading Group for the first Doubletree by Hilton in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in Al Khobar. The 304-room new build Doubletree by Hilton, Al Khobar will be located in the Kingdom’s Eastern Province and is set to open in Q4 2012. This latest deal reinforces additional...
Ahlul Bayt News Agency (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Question: Agha, your fore-fathers have devoted their lives to serve Madhabe Ahlul-Beit (A.S). Can you relate to us a short history of their services to Shias of Zanzibar?2009/11/25
Ismailimail (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Zanzibar: an urban idyll? Guardian Weekly reader Dolar Vasani describes a visit to Zanzibar’s Forodhani Gardens – a seafront sanctuary filled with walkways, benches and food stalls Zanzibar is hot and sticky. It is the prelude to the long rains. In the evenings, I find myself looking to escape the stuffiness of my hotel room. Within a [...]
Hollywood Grind (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
The Muppets performed the mega-hit Bohemian Rhapsody from the band Queen in this 1080p video. Below I included the real video from a Queen live performance of Bohemian Rhapsody, which was written and performed with Freddie Mercury, who was a British Indian musician that was born with the real name Farrokh Bulsara in Stone Town, Zanzibar. [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | 25/11/2009
Two senior Zanzibari ministers have poured cold water on the prospects of forming a government of national unity in Zanzibar, following the recently improved relations with the opposition Civic United Front (CUF).
All Africa (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
THE national soccer team, Zanzibar Heroes left Dar es Salaam today for Nairobi Kenya to compete in the two-week senior Challenge Cup to kick off this weekend.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
The Civic United Front (CUF) has warmly received the speech by Zanzibar President Amani Abeid Karume on the recent political developments in the Isles.
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