EDITORIAL: Freedom of the press a key pillar of democracy

>To great dismay, Tanzanians were treated to horrifying ‘pictures’ of brutality by their police and some ruling party henchmen (and henchwomen, to be politically correct!)

Telecommunications industry a key pillar in economic growth  The Citizen Daily

Yahoo News UK
The Future of Democracy and Freedom in Tanzania Is at Stake
Huffington Post
Democracy is blossoming in Africa: by the end of 2015 a new generation of young Africans will have gone to the polls in more than a dozen nations to vote for leaders of their choosing. But one country, Tanzania, is moving backwards. The ruling party, the ...
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Lusaka Times
HH on Press Freedom Day
Zambian Watchdog
Country men and women, this year's theme for World Press Freedom day “Media Freedom for a better future: Shaping the Post 2015 Development Agenda” should be properly situated by everyone especially by those in power. It is undeniable that the press ...
Bomani to address media personnel in Arusha tomorrowIPPmedia
Cherish our freedomsBarbados Advocate

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Africa's Press Freedom Improving - Kikwete
AllAfrica.com
TANZANIA President Jakaya Kikwete has said the freedom of the Press has slightly improved in Africa although a lot needs to be done by enacting relevant laws. Dr Kikwete said the improvement could be measured by the level of democracy demonstrated by ...

Imprisonment is now recognised as a disproportionate interference in the exercise of freedom of expression, following the Burkina Faso ruling.

IPPmedia
Media and CA: Press freedom goes on trial
IPPmedia
An animated debate could be gleaned at midmorning in the Constituent Assembly rule-making seminar chaired by House of Representative Speaker Pandu Ameir Kificho, as CA members were raising on the floor alterations proposals they have presented to ...
CA forms team on tricky issuesDaily News
CA Albinos Ask for Large Font TextAllAfrica.com

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Yes, I agree that the very objective of social media, apart from being a source of news, is being a platform for interaction. In the few years of its existence, social media has changed greatly the way people communicate.

President Jakaya Kikwete used his speech to dissolve the tenth parliament to highlight some of his administration successes for the past ten years that he has been in power.