Indian Ocean Archive

Although only 170 miles (270 km) from the African coast, the Comoros Islands, were first settled in any numbers, not by Africans, but by Arab traders from Oman and Yemen, who called them the Mountains …

A giant isopod, a crustacean known as the ‘scavenger of the deep,’ has been found dead in its tank by keepers at an aquarium in Japan, after the creature refused to eat for more …

All eyes are on Mwanza this week as key local and foreign trade and investment players meet for a three day investment forum aimed to unlock investment opportunities in the Lake Zone, which is …

The East African Community (EAC) has presented a supplementary budget seeking a go-ahead to expend an additional $ 2,143,960 for 2013/14 financial year to meet its programmes. EAC logo The Assembly also debated and …

Tanzania, with its large and growing domestic population, strategic location, abundance of natural resources and internal political stability, presents a uniquely attractive investment opportunity. The country with a population of 44.9 million (national census 2012) …

The government in Tanga Region has managed to control illegal fishing, including dynamite fishing, along the region’s coastal Indian Ocean waters following an intensive ...

The Seychelles, for long a dream destination and associated with the rich and famous and the who is who in sports, show biz and politics, has just earned the seal of approval from the Lonely …