Tanzania’s Suluhu bans websites critical to her regime

I think the more things change the more things remain the same. This is
indeed very sad! Mama is slowly turning to be Magu

On Sat, Oct 5, 2024 at 9:50 AM Mwendwa Kivuva via KICTANet <
[email protected]> wrote:

> 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.
>
> Read more: www.bbc.com/news/articles/czeg6wkelz5o.amp
>
>
>
> Best Regards
> ______________________
> Mwendwa Kivuva
> www.linkedin.com/in/mwendwa-kivuva
>