JamiiForums, Tanzania’s largest online social networking platform known for highlighting a wide range of public interest issues, has been banned for 90 days, just over a month before the country holds a pivotal general election on 29 October.
The Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority (TCRA) suspended NGO JamiiForums’ operations for publishing content that “violated the law, tainted the country’s image and threatened national unity”, according to an official statement released on 5 September. By Honoré Banda, The Africa Report