Tanzania’s Suluhu bans websites critical to her regime

Three of Tanzania’s leading newspapers have been banned from publishing
their online editions after they ran an animation deemed critical of
President Samia Suluhu Hassan. The ban affects all websites, social media
and YouTube platforms of the three newspapers, all run by Mwananchi
Communication Limited (MCL).

The Citizen, Mwananchi and Mwanaspoti newspapers have had their online
licences suspended for 30 days over the viral animated clip, which has
since been removed.

The clip, just over a minute long, published by the Citizen on social media
highlighted the increasing cases of abductions and disappearances in the
country.

The media regulator said the content “threatens and is likely to affect and
harm national unity and social peace of the United Republic of Tanzania”.

Rights groups have accused President Samia’s government of stifling dissent
and targeting opponents ahead of next year’s general elections.

It follows a recent wave of abductions, arrests and the brutal killing of
an opposition official in the country.

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