Tanzania goes back on decision to lift media ban
TANZANIA has revised a decision to lift a ban on all media in the country, clarifying that only online television would benefit from the measure, a government spokesman said in a tweet. The country's new President Samia Suluhu Hassan said on Tuesday that media banned under her late predecessor John Magufuli should be allowed to operate. Following on from an announcement that the government was forming a committee to research COVID-19, Tuesday's announcement appeared to indicate a change in course for the nation after Magufuli's death last month. Yet a day later, the decision, welcomed by local and international press…