Zanzibar
LGBT people flee Tanzania amid police crackdown
By Doreen Ajiambo — December 5, 2018
ISEBANIA, Tanzania (RNS) — 'I’m fearing for my life,' said one man before crossing the border to Kenya. 'Police are breaking into homes of suspected homosexuals and arresting them.'
LGBTQI+ Tanzanians seek safety and solidarity in the shadows
By Kizito Makoye — March 10, 2018
ZANZIBAR -- As Tanzania’s government continues its LGBTQI+ crackdown campaign, sexual and gender minorities devise new survival strategies to avoid arrest and discrimination.
Children’s exhibit of Muslim cultures opens in New York
By Lauren Markoe — February 23, 2016
(RNS) On New York's Upper West Side, a hands-on exhibit lets kids explore Muslim cultures past and present.
Bombs explode Zanzibar calm as religious tensions flare
By Fredrick Nzwili — February 26, 2014
(RNS) The semiautonomous archipelago off the coast of Tanzania is mostly Muslim, and assailants have targeted churches, burning some and killing or severely injuring Christian clerics.
Zanzibar acid attack tied to growing religious tensions
By Fredrick Nzwili — September 17, 2013
(RNS) Tensions between Zanzibar’s majority Muslim population and its minority Christian residents have intensified in recent years.
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