Tanzania slaps 2-year ban on newspaper for linking Kikwete, Mkapa to mining row

The Tanzanian government has banned Mawio, a weekly newspaper, from publication for two years after it linked former presidents Benjamin Mkapa and Jakaya Kikwete with the mineral concentrates dispute.

The Information minister Dr Harrison Mwakyembe imposed the 24-month ban through a statement released to the media by the Director of Information services Dr Hassan Abbasi on Thursday evening.