One of the cruelest twists of Tanzanian President John Magufuli’s criminal denial of the Covid-19 pandemic was the death of Maalim Seif Hamad, the dominant figure in Zanzibari politics for four ...

Zanzibar’s first Vice President Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad is dead. Hamad (pictured) died while undergoing treatment at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, aged 77. He had recently tested ...

Zanzibar — CIVIC United Front (CUF) political party top leaders, yesterday at a public rally in Zanzibar prayed for free and transparent elections as the party's presidential nominee for the Isles, ...

ZANZIBAR First Vice-President Seif Sharif Hamad has said that political hatred and conflicts should not be allowed to persist in the Isles. Maalim Seif said such development will have a negative ...

The Tanzanian political scene has recently become an intriguing ballet of musical chairs, revolving doors, shifting sands and banana skins, whose musical soundtrack should contain that immortal ...

The death of Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad, Zanzibar’s first vice-president in its government of national unity, has robbed the isles of a historic leader, a peace builder and a great unifier. Hamad, 78, ...

Mr. Seif Sharif Hamad, popularly known as Maalim Seif was born at Nyali, Mtambwe in Wete, Pemba (Zanzibar's sister island) on October 22, 1943. After completing his primary education in 1957 in Pemba, ...

The Privatisation Act 2025, has been criticised for paving the way for the ceding of public land to private investors, a move some have described as unconstitutional. Chinese firm, NSSF inch closer to ...

Zanzibar’s first Vice President Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad is dead. Hamad (pictured) died while undergoing treatment at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam, aged 77. He had recently tested ...