Dismay after govt slaps two-year ban on ‘Mwanahalisi’
Tanzania Information Services (Maelezo) director and chief government spokesperson Hassan Abbasi addresses a news conference in Dar es Salaam yesterday. With him is Maelezo deputy director in charge of registration Patrick Kipangula. PHOTO | MAELEZO
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Speaking to The Citizen in separate phone interviews shortly after the director of Information Services, Dr Hassan Abbasi, announced the decision, media stakeholders termed it as unfair and a threat to freedom of the press.