The Editor's Forum of Tanzania has declared a three-month blackout for the Minister of Information, Sports and Culture Capt. George Mkuchika for banning the MwanaHalisi newspaper, which amounts to "despising the journalism profession."
The minister has banned MwanaHalisi newspaper for what he said was professional misconduct following a story on rumours of contending sides in President Kikwete's cabinet that the minister said had cultivated misunderstandings in society and in the president's household.
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