Zanzibar

Zanzibar was the main conduit of slaves from Africa to Arabia, as a sculpture in the town commemorates (pictured below).

The British wanted another candidate to run Zanzibar, and demanded the nephew abdicate.

And Henry Morton Stanley, an American journalist-adventurer, visited Kirk in Zanzibar for advice before setting out to find Livingstone.

In the early 19th century, Oman grew to a major power, having possessions in Baluchistan and Zanzibar, but these were gradually all lost.

Fought between the United Kingdom and Zanzibar in 1896, the war is the shortest in history.

This green zeal is not confined to the rich world: Taiwan, Bangladesh, and Zanzibar have already banned plastic bags completely.

The operation involved police, customs and drug regulatory authorities across Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda and Zanzibar.

He may also have persuaded the president of autonomous Zanzibar, Amani Karume, to share power with the island's opposition.

Bin Tanzania, East Indian Ocean, from Tanganyika and Zanzibar, made up of two parts.

With the structural plan of OILIX, Snake and Horry escaped from Zanzibar Land on a rescue helicopter. Snake once again saved the world.

Tourism has been ear-marked as the primary foreign exchange earner, with more visitors coming to Zanzibar each year.

When the British's demands were not met, they opened fired on the far weaker Zanzibar.

Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania's Zanzibar islands have banned flimsy plastic, and also required a minimum thickness.

It is not worth the while to go round the world to count the cats in Zanzibar.

British penetration of the area began at Zanzibar in the last quarter of the 19th century.

It is not worthwhile to go round the world to count the cat in Zanzibar.

Zanzibar has of late become the newly discovered destination for holiday makers and honeymooners.

The sultans of Oman were once in Zanzibar , when they ruled much of the East African coast.

Zanzibar was nominally under the control of the India Office and officials there valued stability.

Fly to Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, and take the ferry from this unappealing and dusty city to Zanzibar, where life moves slower.

Under Arab rule from the 17th century, Zanzibar was a prosperous trading port.

The blue-white porcelain and coins of Tang Dynasty were also found in Egypt, Kenya and Zanzibar.

Slave caravans bound for Zanzibar routinely crossed the river there.

A city of southeast Kenya mainly on Mombasa Island, in the Indian Ocean north of Zanzibar.

A Tanzanian ferry carrying 290 passengers sank near the island of Zanzibar. Scores of people are dead or missing.

Cayenne pepper is the powdered pod of Capsicum grown on the eastern coast of Africa and in Zanzibar.

Pictured here: Chumbe Island Coral Park's thatched-roof bungalows peek from lush vegetation in Zanzibar.

Zanzibar became independent, after being a British Protectorate since 1890.

The western and central parts of Zanzibar Island have some low hills, where the highest point is about 120m (390ft) above the sea level.

More than 180 people drowned in the accident between the islands of Zanzibar and Pemba, many of them children.

At the dial's centre, the balloon rises slowly above Zanzibar.

A rowdy separatist movement in the island of Zanzibar is quiet for now.

Zanzibar and Nairobi are now four weeks old and eating worms.

Islands of Zanzibar are generally flat and low land lying.

In Outer Heaven and Zanzibar Land, that leader is BigBoss.

Traditional shows sail past the waterfont of Stonetown, in the island of Zanzibar.

And after a series of hard fought matches, the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus were the eventual winners, beating Zanzibar in the final.

The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38minutes.

Men of Yucatan, men of Zanzibar, men of Tierra del Fuego, save me from this glaucous hog rind!

Those too emaciated to make the crossing to Zanzibar were left to die on the shore.

Zanzibar opened its doors to the tourism sector mainly in 1980s after the fall of clove's price in the world market.

The problem in Zanzibar has led to some creative local solutions.

Religion: 45% Christian, 35% Moslem, 20% indigenous beliefs; Zanzibar's population is almost 100%moslem.

She estimates, for example, that only 36% of the income generated by the coastal and marine environments in Zanzibar goes to locals.

Tanganyika and Zanzibar join to form the Republic of Tanzania .

In Zanzibar , a British company leased 57 sq. km(22 sq. miles) of land from the government for tourist sites.

The consequences of tourism for sustainable water use on a tropical island: Zanzibar, Tanzania

Patterns in the Distribution and Abundance of Hard Corals around Zanzibar Island

But ill order it from Zanzibar

The Stone Town of Zanzibar