Tanzania Bans Daily Newspaper for Three Months for Inaccurate Story
- Media outlet becomes third to be suspended in recent weeks
- Daily says its story misinterpreted government statement
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Tanzania’s government banned a daily newspaper for three months for publishing an inaccurate story, the third media outlet in the East African country to be proscribed since mid-September.
Tanzania Daima, a Swahili-language daily, “misled the country in a big way and brought about panic” with an Oct. 22 story that suggested two-thirds of Tanzanians are using anti-retroviral medication, government spokesman Hassan Abbasi said Tuesday in a statement on his Twitter account.