The social history of the Spice Isles (Zanzibar and Pemba)
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- Tourists Influx Sparks HIV/AIDS In
Zanzibar
- TOMRIC News Agency (Dar es Salaam), 5 April
2000. Increase of the deadly diseases is at alarming
rate. Unguja Urban and West districts are mostly affected
due to the increase of visitors from the Tanzania Mainland
and neighboring nations seeking jobs and practicing
commercial sex.
- Population Growth Alarming In
Zanzibar
- TOMRIC News Agency (Dar es Salaam), 12 July 2000. Vice
President Dr. Omari Juma admitted yesterday that the poverty
would continue to prevail in Tanzania because of lack of
basic needs for the increased population.
- Broken Marriages, Homosexuals Rate At
Increase in Zanzibar
- Tomric Correspondent, TOMRIC News Agency (Dar es Salaam),
27 June 2001. If left unchecked, the mal-practices will soon
be the major causes behind the spread of HIV/AIDS in the
Isles. The government intends to carry out research to
establish the root cause behind the massive wave of broken
marriages in the Zanzibar.
- Child Labour Common in Zanzibar
- UN Integrated Regional Information Networks, 4 June
2002. Child labour is
common
in Zanzibar, with
prostitution, fisheries and seaweed farming among the
most hazardous
sectors in which children are
involved.