President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has cautioned the people of East Africa against divisionism, saying it is a setback for the region. “You cannot tell me about divisions, I believe in unity,” he said.

Zanzibar — Zanzibar Revolution took place 52 years ago with local Zanzibaris' overarching goal of having a government of the people, by the people, and for the people as stipulated in Abraham ...

Paul Hare is the author of "Angola's Last Best Chance for Peace." He was a career foreign service officer specializing in Africa and the Middle East and was U.S. ambassador to Zambia and U.S. special ...

Zanzibar today, Sunday, January 12, celebrates the Golden Jubilee of the revolution which 50 years ago overthrew the Sultan’s government, after Britain had finally agreed to independence a few weeks ...

Attack. The D-Day, which John Okello had kept secret, came one month after independence on the evening of January 11, 1964, when he led his 600 men to Stone Town where the Sultan lived. He briefed his ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. As Zanzibar prepares for a rerun of its presidential election on Sunday, Tanzanian authorities are worried the situation ...

Just one month after gaining independence there was an uprising in Zanzibar in 1964. It was billed as a leftist revolution but the worst of the violence was ethnically targeted. Show more Just one ...