Tanzania bans Mseto newspaper for three years

Tanzania's Minister for Information Nape Nnauye. The Tanzanian government has banned a weekly local newspaper Mseto for three years on grounds that it breached the Newspapers Act. PHOTOS | FILE

The Tanzanian government has banned a weekly local newspaper Mseto for three yearson grounds that it breached the Newspapers Act.

Mr Nape Nnauye, the Minister for Information, said the newspaper had published a story that claimed the deputy minister for Works, Transport and Communication, Eng Edwin Ngonyani, had implicated President John Magufuli in corruption during elections.