Tanzania imposes permanent ban on weekly newspaper
January 21, 2016 1:53 PM ET
New York, January 21, 2016--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on authorities in Tanzania to end their harassment of the weekly newspaper Mawio. The Kiswahili-language newspaper was permanently banned from publishing in print and online Friday and two of its...
Tanzanian authorities ban weekly indefinitely
July 30, 2012 6:06 PM ET
Nairobi, July 30, 2012--The Tanzanian government today banned indefinitely the critical Swahili-language weekly MwanaHalisi, accusing the paper of publishing seditious articles, according to local journalists and a statement by the information ministry. The ministry claimed that MwanaHalisi's four July editions...