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Tanzania: A Controversial Bill Awaits Magufuli's Signature
DW, 28 June 2019
Tanzania has steamrolled draft amended laws through parliament despite grave warnings at home and abroad that they will further curtail the rights of citizens of the East African… Read more »
Tanzania Awaits Another 'Controversial' Bill Signing By Magufuli
President John Magufuli has become known for raising eyebrows and causing outcries - not least of which were the crackdown on the media, banning of pregnant schoolgirls from attending school, the banning of lubricants, and Magufuli's denail that a scathing IMF report on the country's economic policies was withheld. Now a new Bill that will among others, bring changes to the NGO sector and film and stage play productions, awaits the president's signature.
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