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  2. 2013 Zanzibar acid attack - Wikipedia

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    Acid attack. The two were nearing the end of their one-month volunteer teaching when the attack happened. [6] The attack happened at 7:15 pm on 7 August 2013. The two women were walking on the street on their way to dinner when their attackers approached and threw sulphuric acid on them. [3] [6]

  3. 2015 Tanzanian general election - Wikipedia

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    General elections were held in Tanzania on 25 October 2015. Voters elected the president, members of Parliament, and local government councillors. [2] By convention, the election was held on the last Sunday of October and was supervised by the National Electoral Commission (NEC). Political campaigns commenced on 22 August and ceased a day ...

  4. Zanzibar - Wikipedia

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    Zanzibar is an insular semi-autonomous region which united with Tanganyika in 1964 to form the United Republic of Tanzania.It is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean, 25–50 km (16–31 mi) off the coast of the African mainland, and consists of many small islands and two large ones: Unguja (the main island, referred to informally as Zanzibar) and Pemba Island.

  5. Tourism in Zanzibar - Wikipedia

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    Tourism in Zanzibar includes the tourism industry and its effects on the islands of Unguja (known internationally as Zanzibar) and Pemba in Zanzibar a semi-autonomous region in the United Republic of Tanzania. [1] Tourism is the top income generator for the islands, outpacing even the lucrative agricultural export industry and providing roughly ...

  6. Hussein Mwinyi - Wikipedia

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    Hammersmith Hospital (PhD) Profession. Physician. Medical practice. Muhimbili Hospital (1993–95) HKMU (1998–2000) Hussein Ali Mwinyi (born in Unguja 23 December 1966) is the 8th president of Zanzibar. [1] The son of former Tanzanian president Ali Hasan Mwinyi, he is a member of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) political party.

  7. History of Zanzibar - Wikipedia

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    History of Tanzania. People have lived in Zanzibar for 20,000 years. [citation needed] The earliest written accounts of Zanzibar began when the islands became a base for traders voyaging between the African Great Lakes, the Somali Peninsula, the Arabian peninsula, Iran, and the Indian subcontinent. Unguja offered a protected and defensible ...

  8. Abeid Amani Karume International Airport - Wikipedia

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    Abeid Amani Karume International Airport ( Swahili: Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kimataifa wa Abeid Amani Karume, IATA: ZNZ, ICAO: HTZA) is the main airport in the Zanzibar Archipelago located on Unguja Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania. It is approximately 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of Zanzibar City, the capital of Zanzibar, and has flights to East Africa ...

  9. Zanzibar House of Representatives - Wikipedia

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    The Zanzibar House of Representatives (Swahili: Baraza la Wawakilishi wa Zanzibar) is the unicameral, subnational legislature of the autonomous islands of Zanzibar in Tanzania. [1] History [ edit ]