Tanzania Says Newspaper Banned for Three Months for False Quotes
- Weekly allegedly attributed made-up statements to president
- Newspaper is third publication to be shut down since June
Tanzanian President John Magufuli
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Tanzania banned a Swahili-language newspaper for three months after the weekly allegedly fabricated quotes and attributed them to President John Magufuli, the government said.
The newspaper known as Raia Mwema, which carried the front-page headline “Presidency Will Overwhelm John Magufuli’’ in its latest edition, is the third Tanzanian newspaper to be banned since June.