Passengers on the aging, crowded boat headed for one of Tanzania's top tourist destinations said they realized something was wrong when the overnight ferry began to list from side to side. Subscribe ...

STONE TOWN, Zanzibar (Reuters) - Rescue workers fought rough seas on Thursday to search for more than 100 people missing after an overcrowded ferry sank near the Indian Ocean archipelago of Zanzibar, ...

(eTN) – News broke earlier today but took a while to confirm and fully ascertain, that a ferry with reportedly over 600 people on board between Unguja, commonly referred to as Zanzibar and Pemba, sunk ...

STONE TOWN, Zanzibar, Sept 11 (Reuters) - The MV Spice Islander was so overloaded leaving Zanzibar's port it started to list and passengers scrambled to get off, but most were prevented and remained ...

Divers searched on Sunday for any remaining survivors from the capsizing of an overcrowded ferry off the east African coast which killed nearly a quarter of the 800 passengers crammed onboard.

(eTN) – Eleven people, including the captain, and some of his crew and staff in charge of load controlling and operations of the ill-fated ferry MV Spice Islander, which sank off Zanzibar en route to ...

Hundreds of ferry passengers are feared drowned following the sinking of a vessel off the coast of Zanzibar. As many as 600 people were on board the boat when it went down earlier, with some 380 still ...

Survivors have blamed the crews for the deadly ferry accident off Tanzanian coast, which has led to 68 confirmed deaths and missing of scores more presumably drown. Hanzil Manoni, one of the survivors ...

ARUSHA, Tanzania (AP) — A Zanzibar official says 12 people were killed in a ferry accident off the coast of Tanzania’s island region of Zanzibar. Josh Shapiro puts politics aside to boost emerging ...

Damen Shipyards signed a contract with the Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications & Transport of the Revolutionary Government of Zanzibar for the supply of five inshore ferries to carry tourists ...