Tanzania media law up for review

A newspaper vendor

A newspaper vendor straightens papers at his stand in Tanzania in September 2015. Tanzania is now ready to review its media laws that have been previously described as hostile and an impediment to freedom of expression. PHOTO |DANIEL HAYDUK | AFP

Tanzania is now ready to review its media laws that have been previously described as hostile and an impediment to freedom of expression.

Newly appointed Minister for Information, Communication and Information Technology Nape Nnauye said that President Samia Suluhu had given a go-ahead for the amendments on the Media Services Act of 2016, and that the ministry was reviewing it.