Zanzibar

Tanzania: Zanzibar Asks for Separate Fifa Membership

All Africa (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago

Zanzibar's Chief Minister Ally Juma Shamhuna has requested the world soccer body FIFA) to recognise the Isles and give the membership.

Karume - Rare Meeting With Hamad Was CUF's Initiative

All Africa (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago

Zanzibar President Amani Abeid Karume yesterday said his agreement with the Civic United Front (CUF) to end longstanding animosity between them was the opposition party's initiative.

Birds (This week's Photo Hunt theme)

WEBS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

Years ago now, in what can seem a different lifetime, I lived and worked in Tanzania -- mainly in the urban areas of Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar Stone Town . However, I felt I couldn't leave that East African country with going on safari to -- and in -- some of its national parks at least once. And, so, towards the end of my stay there, I went with an Irish aid worker friend (with the very Irish first...

Tropical budget bliss

The Observer (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

Think a paradise break in the Indian Ocean will cost a small fortune? Not on Zanzibar where a clutch of new boutique hotels offers cool style and seriously good value Fragile thing holiday serenity. Zanzibar has the full deck of tropical idyll cards – squeaky white powder beach, azure ocean, mellow trade winds and I'm trying hard to channel the sleepy, languid pace that the island operates on,...

Freddie Mercury to be honoured with London memorial

Parsi Khabar (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009

Late rock legend Freddie Mercury is set to be honoured in his hometown with his own Hollywood Walk of Fame-style star. The British musician, best known as the frontman of the rock band Queen, fled Zanzibar, Tanzania as a child with his family at a time of political unrest in the African region, and they set [...]

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The High Seas Showed Me How Pitifully Unproductive I Am

LifeDev (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Photo by zanzibar This is the first in a series of posts that showcase things I’ve learned during my recent honeymoon travels. My new wife and I decided to go on a Caribbean cruise for our honeymoon, and with the help of the most knowledgeable traveler I know, we booked an amazing week-long cruise. Lynn made me promise [...]

Malawi to South Africa

Travelblog (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

My turn to write hence the delay. Were in Rio Ems asleep in our room and im sat on a bony stool typing this tough life. Since Em last wrote weve got through a fair bit but Zanzibar has to be one of the most amazing places weve been. I got ill on rice loads Uncle Ben had me over a barrel for a couple of nights. Actually we both got ill a fair bit at the start as Em got heatstroke that we

Cecafa Hold Cup Draw

All Africa (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

MAINLAND'S Kilimanjaro Stars and Zanzibar Heroes will know their opponents today, as the draw for the regional Senior Challenge Cup is held in Nairobi, Kenya.

Tonight In Rock: The Swell Season, The Whigs, Ghostland Observatory, Daedelus

LAist (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

The Dead Trees will be performing tonight at the Troubadour | Picture via the Dead Trees' Myspace Our Pick: The Whigs, The Features, The Dead Trees @ Troubadour Tonight the Swell Season , an indie folk duo formed by Irish musician Glen Hansard and Czech singer and pianist Markéta Irglová, will be closing out a two-night stint at the Wiltern with Idaho's own pop folk singer-songwriter...

Kilimanjaro at Mercury's in Zanzibar

40 Beers at 40 (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

I don't believe in god(s), but if I did, I would right now be under pressure to think that the supreme being(s) was/were sending me a very clear message via radio ga ga: listen to more Queen. By some inexplicable twist I find myself -- can anybody find me? -- in Zanzibar, Freddie Mercury's birthplace, just a few weeks after visiting Montreux, Switzerland, where he spent the later years of his all-too-short...

African kangas: Colourful wraps with something to say

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009

Stone City, Zanzibar - They shimmer in bright colours, have patterns in multiple hues and they are adorned with messages written in Swahili. They are called kangas and are part of every day life for the women of east Africa, particularly Kenya and Ta...

What is Norway Oiling in Zanzibar?

Pine River World News (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

The following commentary is reprinted with permission from the author. The article appears in the current edition of The African Executive , Nairobi. What is Norway Oiling in Zanzibar? © Chambi Chachage November 18, 2009 Zanzibar is back on the national and international agenda. Of course it has always been on the agenda. But it's a long time since it was such a mysterious agenda. For a whole...

Karume Salutes Isles Sports Personalities

All Africa (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

ZANZIBAR President Amani Abeid Karume has commended sports personalities and promised the government support to improve sports in the islands.

Marvel's Facebook Subscription Sale Is Actually A Decent "Black Friday" Deal

Comics Alliance (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Filed under: Marvel Now, I don't want to alarm anyone, but the holiday shopping season is just a little more than a week away. Some of you may be loaded as the result of a floundering importing business (I hear spices from Zanzibar are really hot right now), but the ... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

Painter from Zanzibar by David Lazar

Earth Shots (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009

Painter from Zanzibar by David Lazar Wednesday, 18th November 2009 EarthShots.org - Photo of the Day Contest Click here for a random photo from the Earth Shots archive! PhotoCompetitions.com Find photo contests to enter sorted by deadline and theme.