Muthoki Mumo

The manner in which this journalist was taken, by men claiming to be police, is very ominous and further evidence that the press is not safe in President John Magufuli's Tanzania.

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After a brutal, months-long crackdown on the media, Uganda's internet disruption is the latest attempt to keep the country's citizens in the dark... and to prevent journalists from reporting on events surrounding the vote, ugandan authorities should reverse course and take steps to ensure unrestricted internet access and guarantee that the public is adequately informed during the post-election period.