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Seif Sharif Hamad lägger sin röst i höstens val, oktober 2020. (TT NYHETSBYRÅN)

Zanzibars vicepresident död – vårdades för covid-19

Zanzibars 77-åriga vicepresident Seif Sharif Hamad har dött efter att under tre veckor vårdats på sjukhus för covid-19.

– Nationen har förlorat en patriotisk ledare, sa president Ali Hassan Mwinyi i ett tv-sänt tal, där han även utlyste en sju dagar lång sorgeperiod i landet.

AFP beskriver det som att Tanzania och semi-autonoma Zanzibar spelat ner riskerna med coronaviruset. Bland annat har Tanzanias president
John Magufuli sagt att böner kan bidra till att motverka smittan.

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Zanzibar (; Swahili: Zanzibar; Arabic: زِنْجِبَار‎, romanized: Zinjibār) is an autonomous region of Tanzania. It is composed of the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, 25–50 kilometres (16–31 mi) off the coast of the mainland, and consists of many small islands and two large ones: Unguja (the main island, referred to informally as Zanzibar) and Pemba Island. The capital is Zanzibar City, located on the island of Unguja. Its historic centre is Stone Town, a World Heritage Site. Zanzibar's main industries are spices, raffia, and tourism. In particular, the islands produce cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, and black pepper. For this reason, the Zanzibar Archipelago, together with Tanzania's Mafia Island, are sometimes referred to locally as the "Spice Islands" (a term borrowed from the Maluku Islands of Indonesia). Tourism in Zanzibar is a more recent activity, driven by government promotion that caused an increase from 19,000 tourists in 1985, to 376,000 in 2016.Zanzibar's marine ecosystem is an important part of the economy and contains important marine ecosystems. Moreover, the land ecosystem is the home of the endemic Zanzibar red colobus, the Zanzibar servaline genet, and the extinct or rare Zanzibar leopard. Pressure from the tourist industry and fishing as well as larger threats such as sea level caused by climate change are creating increasing environmental concerns throughout the region.
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