ZANZIBAR, Dec. 27 -- ZANZIBAR President, Hussein Ali Mwinyi, said that sport is a powerful force for uniting communities and nations, as he opened the AFED Sports Festival Zanzibar 2025 at the Maisara Sports Complex in the Urban West Region.

Mwinyi said hosting the tournament for the first time marked a historic milestone for Zanzibar and for the Khoja Shia Ithnashir community that established the games decades ago and has staged them in countries around the world.

About 300 male and female athletes from Khoja Shia Ithnashir communities globally are taking part in the festival that Mwinyi described as a platform for promoting unity, solidarity and the development of sporting talent.

“Beyond entertainment, sport instils discipline...