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Tanzania
Islamist fever in Zanzibar

Confrontations between police and demonstrators in Zanzibar on March 6 illustrate the growth in Islamic extremism on this Tanzanian island. [...]

Published on 13/03/2004 at 11:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Tanzania
Uamsho stays armed in Zanzibar

Zanzibar is calm again after the burst of Islamist violence at the end of May. But there have been new confrontations between the police and members of Uamsho.

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CALL FOR TALKS

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CONTESTED ELECTIONS

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LIMITED VISIBILITY

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Tanzania Uamsho stays armed in Zanzibar

Reunion island FRUITFUL FIDDLE AT IEDOM

Sudan CALL FOR TALKS

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Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Tanzania
Islamist fever in Zanzibar

Tanzania
Uamsho stays armed in Zanzibar

Reunion island
FRUITFUL FIDDLE AT IEDOM

Sudan
CALL FOR TALKS

Djibouti
LAWYERS SUSPENDED

Tanzania
J-MAIL FOR MKAPA

Djibouti
GELLEH PUSHES HIS LUCK

Spotlight | Comoros islands
COMOROS ISLANDS: TWO KINDS OF VISITOR

Madagascar
FURIOUS CIVIL SERVANTS

Tanzania
ELECTORAL SUITS HIT RECORD HIGH

Tanzania
CONTESTED ELECTIONS

Spotlight | Tanzania
LIMITED VISIBILITY

Tanzania
POLITICAL FEVER IN ZANZIBAR

Tanzania
WIDE SUPPORT FOR CUF ON PEMBA

Spotlight | Tanzania
PLURALISM IN THE AIR