Al Jazeera Al Khadra

Tonight we will pass the island of Pemba and Zanzibar. The island of Pemba, known as 'Al Jazeera Al Khadra' (the green island, in Arabic), is an island forming part of the Zanzibar archipelago, lying off the east coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean. It is situated about 31 miles (50 kilometers) to the north of the island of Zanzibar. In the 1960s Zanzibar was united with the former colony of Tanganyika to form Tanzania. It lies 31 miles (50 kilometers) east of mainland Tanzania. Together with Mafia Island (south of Zanzibar), they form the Spice Islands (not to be confused with Maluku Islands of Indonesia).