The contemporary political history of the Spice Islands
(Zanzibar and Pemba)
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- Be a Sultan of Democracy
- The East African, (Nairobi), 31 January
2000. President of Zanzibar, Dr Salmin Amour, pardoned the
fomer Sultan of Zanzibar, Jamshid Abdallah, who presided
over a racist oligarchy that consigned black Zanzibaris to
the bottom rungs of society. The revolution that overthrew
him therefore also restored the human dignity of black
Zanzibaris.
- Will The Zanzibaris Ponder Their
Ancestor?
- TOMRIC News Agency (Dar es Salaam), 8 May 2000. Several
members of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party in Zanzibar
will vie for the presidential post, and among them is the
son of the founding President of Zanzibar, Abeid Aman
Karume, who was the co-architect of the Union between
Tanganyika and Zanzibar with the late Julius Kambarage
Nyerere.
- Woman takes up the challenge for presidential
candidacy in Zanzibar
- Southern African Research and Documentation Centre
(Harare), 22 June 2000. Amina Salum Ali, the Zanzibar
minister for finance, plans to stand for presidency in the
October 2000 election. SADC legislatures are models in
gender equity. In terms of the proportion of women in
parliament, the region tops the global figures.
- Conciliatory Karume Sworn in As Zanzibari
President
- By Nicodemus Odhiambo, Panafrican News Agency, 8 November
2000. Amani Abeid Karume, the son of the founding president
of Zanzibar, was sworn in as Head of State, following a
controversial multiparty election that had to be rerun on
parts of the semi-autonomous island.
- Zanzibar—For ‘Robinson
Crusoes’ Only
- By Carol McDaid, Mail and Guardian
(Johannesburg), 10 November 2000. Tourism is still at the
polite stage. Developers are only just beginning to flout
the law that says you can't build higher than the
surrounding palm trees. Go now, while the beaches are
postcard-perfect: white sand, green sea, the triangular sail
of a lone dhow.
- Tanzanian Crackdown Condemned
- UN Integrated Regional Information Network (Nairobi), 2
February 2001. The excessive use of force by the police
during opposition-led demonstrations protesting against the
results of last October's election. It was said that the
Tanzanian government seeks to silence the political
opposition through terror and violence.
- Analysts Say New Splinter Party Lacks
Credibility
- By Alpha Nuhu, Panafrican News Agency (Dakar), 28 March
2001. The envisaged formation of a new breakaway National
Alliance Party (NAP) of former disgruntled members of the
opposition Civic United Front (CUF). They are people largely
from the Mainland who lack the strength to weaken CUF's
hold on power in the islands.
- UNDP Appeals for Assistance to Isles
- TOMRIC News Agency (Dar es Salaam), 20 July 2001. The UNDP
has urged donor countries and international financial
institutions to support Zanzibar in poverty reduction saying
the Isles government has shown serious commitment to improve
the lives of its people.
- Opposition March Peacefully in
Zanzibar
- TOMRIC News Agency (Dar es Salaam), 23 July
2001. Thousands of Civic United Front (CUF) supporters
demand a deadline to the peace talks between the ruling
Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and CUF, which were sparked by the
January 27 killing of more than 20 CUF demonstrators in a
rally which was banned by the then government.