Tanzania: Less Than Perfect State of Press Freedom in Tanzania

Dar es Salaam — Tanzania marks World Press Freedom Day today amid growing feelings of uncertainty over the road ahead, after the fifth phase government sent mixed signals on its commitment to creating a just, internationally acceptable media landscape.

With the goings-on of the past two years, it is still fair to say that the government, which has partly presided over the country's 12-place slide in the latest global press freedom rankings, has had a less than perfect relationship with the media.

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