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Zanzibar women turn to sponge farming as oceans heat up

  • Hot temperatures have killed seaweed and declining fish stocks have driven many fishermen to quit
  • But sponges which provide shelter and food for sea creatures tend to thrive in warmer waters
By AFP ·

Zanzibar is seeing a seaweed boom. Can the women collecting it cash in?

By AP ·
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Saudi Arabia and Zanzibar have many development priorities in common, President Hussein Ali Mwinyi tells Arab News

By Rawan Radwan ·

Saudi envoy meets Zanzibar president

By Arab News ·

Grand mufti of Zanzibar visits King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur’an in Madinah

By Arab News ·

Tanzanian-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah wins Nobel Literature Prize

By AFP ·

Women bring light to remote villages on islands of Zanzibar

By Reuters ·
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Social enterprise, a new way to spend your summer leave

By Ahmad Alsaidlani ·

Exploring Stone Town, Zanzibar’s historical gem

By Iain Akerman ·

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