John Pombe Magufuli

The authorities have also fined or suspended media outlets for covering politically sensitive topics, including the coronavirus. On July 6, the Communications Authority banned Kwanza TV, an online television station, for 11 months because of its Instagram post reporting on a Covid-19 health alert by the United States Embassy about Tanzania. The authority’s summons letter to Kwanza TV accused the station of being “unpatriotic.”

Civic Space Shrinks across Eastern Africa

East African Film Network January 18, 2019

By Khalifa Hemed Published January 18, 2019 As clear patterns of repression emerge across...