Tanzania press awaits media reforms

Caj News Africa
Tanzania press awaits media reforms
Caj News Africa
ARUSHA, (CAJ News) – THE Committee for the Protection of Journalists (CPJ) said while elections in Tanzania passed smoothly in October, there had been no reforms of media-unfriendly laws. Tom Rhodes, CPJ East Africa Representative, said the press in ...
Tanzania's Press Wait to See If New President Will Reform Troubling Media LawsAllAfrica.com

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Habari Zinazoendana

9 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

16 Dec

Tanzania: Press Wait to See If New President Will Reform Troubling Media Laws

Tanzania: Press Wait to See If New President Will Reform Troubling Media Laws
AllAfrica.com
Elections in Tanzania passed smoothly in October, but several local journalists and a media lawyer told me the spectre of anti-press laws is casting a pall over critical reporting in the country and that hopes for legal reform under the newly elected ...

 

9 years ago

CPJ Press Freedom Online (Blog)

15 Dec

Tanzania's press wait to see if new president will reform troubling media laws

CPJ Press Freedom Online (blog)
Tanzania's press wait to see if new president will reform troubling media laws
CPJ Press Freedom Online (blog)
Elections in Tanzania passed smoothly in October, but several local journalists and a media lawyer told me the spectre of anti-press laws is casting a pall over critical reporting in the country and that hopes for legal reform under the newly elected ...

 

11 years ago

TheCitizen

23 Feb

How Dar nosedives in freedom of the press amid stalled reforms

The perception that press freedom in Tanzania is diminishing was confirmed last week when the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) announced that the country had dropped by 36 positions in the Press Freedom Index in a period of just one year.

 

10 years ago

TheCitizen

25 Jan

Of social media and press freedom

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.

 

11 years ago

IPPmedia

08 Mar

Media and CA: Press freedom goes on trial

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 ...
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10 years ago

TheCitizen

24 Aug

Of Werema’s press talk and media freedom

About a week ago, the government’s chief legal adviser, Attorney General Fredrick Werema made an interesting assertion -- that the Constituent Assembly (CA) erred by denying reporters a chance to be present as different committees deliberated content of the Second Draft Constitution.

 

11 years ago

AllAfrica.Com

13 Aug

Tanzanian Media Council Seeks Greater Constitutional Protection for Press ...

Tanzanian Media Council Seeks Greater Constitutional Protection for Press ...
AllAfrica.com
The Media Council of Tanzania (MCT) on Sunday (August 10th) called on the Constituent Assembly to amend the draft constitution to provide better protection for the media sector, Tanzania's Daily News reported. MCT Representative Pili Mtambalike called ...

 

9 years ago

Times LIVE

27 Oct

Tanzania awaits tense presidential poll result

Times LIVE
Tanzania awaits tense presidential poll result
Times LIVE
Outgoing President Jakaya Kikwete, who is not running having served his constitutional two-term limit, ordered the police to boost security to ensure calm in the country of 52 million people, of whom 22 million were registered to vote. File photo ...
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Tanzania counts votes as opposition claims...

 

9 years ago

Daily Mail

27 Oct

Tanzania awaits result of tense presidential poll

Daily Mail
Tanzania awaits result of tense presidential poll
Daily Mail
Tanzania's ruling party presidential candidate took an early lead Tuesday as election officials counted votes for a second day, while several key ministers lost their seats. The polls are expected to be Tanzania's tightest election race ever, with the ...
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Tanzania awaits tense...

 

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