The family of an Irish charity worker killed in Zanibar will fly to the island off Africa this week, to attend the trial of a man accused of his murder.

THE charity Concern is worried people may be discouraged from becoming aid workers because of the increasingly precarious nature of the job in some countries.

Police in Tanzania are questioning a man in connection with the death of a young Irish aid worker in the east African country.

A man has been arrested by detectives after an Irish aid worker was found dead on a beach in Zanzibar, it was confirmed today.

The Department of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that a 26-year-old Irishman has been found dead on the African island of Zanzibar.