Zanzibar has announced plans to build sub-Saharan Africa’s tallest skyscraper at a cost of $1.3 billion, an amount that exceeds the semi-autonomous archipelago’s annual budget by…
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Hussein Mwinyi, the President of Tanzania’s semi-autonomous islands of Zanzibar and Chairman of the Revolutionary Council, has announced the country’s flag would fly at half-mast following…
Zanzibar’s First Vice-President, Seif Sharif Hamad, and his wife have tested positive for Covid-19, ACT-Wazalendo’s Secretary-General Ado Shaibu said in a statement. Hamad’s aides also contracted…
Regionally, last week, Uganda Airlines announced resumption of direct flights from Uganda to Mombasa. The flights, which resumed on December 4, have also lifted prospects of business between the two countries. The flights are scheduled for three frequencies weekly, on Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday.
The ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party’s presidential candidate in Zanzibar, Hussein Mwinyi, has won the presidency of the semi-autonomous state, beating 14 other candidates. Mwinyi…