The EastAfrican newspaper has been banned from circulation in Tanzania, 20 years after it was launched to cover the region.
According to a letter sent to The EastAfrican bureau chief in Tanzania, the decision was apparently taken because the paper “has been circulating in the country without having registration, contrary to section 6 of the Newspaper Act number 3 of 1976”.
Reacting to the ban, the management of the Nation Media Group, which owns The EastAfrican, described the move as surprising and unwarranted.
In a letter dated January 21, 2015 the weekly newspaper was directed to immediately stop publishing, printing and circulating in Tanzania ''until it has officially been registered by Registrar of Newspaper, Tanzania Information Services''.
Before the letter was issued, the newspaper’s Bureau Chief, Christopher Kidanka, was on Wednesday summoned and interrogated by the Director of Information Services, who also doubles as the Government’s spokesman, Mr Assa Mwambene.
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