{{The Tanzanian government has banned the production of two newspapers.<\/p>\n
Mwananchi and Mtanzania newspapers were stopped for three weeks and three months respectively.}}<\/p>\n
This was announced Saturday by Director of Information Department, Assa Mwambene.<\/p>\n
Mr Mwambene alleged that the papers published seditious stories that aimed to provoke discontent between the government and public.<\/p>\n
The ban, he said, was printed in Government notice No. 333 of Friday, September 27 and was in effect since then.<\/p>\n
According to the statement, Mwananchi, owned by the Kenya-headquartered Nation Media Group, on July 17 published a story on new government salary structures retrieved from a confidential document embargoed for publication.<\/p>\n
On the second count, according to the statement, the paper published a story on Saturday, August 17 saying Muslims prayed under heavy security, \u201cThe news was accompanied by a picture of a dog, which translated that police took the dog to the worship area, which was not true,\u201d reads the statement in part.<\/p>\n
Mr Mwambene said Mtanzania was warned on a number of occasions but opted to defy the Registrar of Newspapers directives and published a number of stories accusing the government of being slow in combating acts that \u2018look-like\u2019 terror acts in the country.<\/p>\n
According to Mr Mwambene, Mtanzania published a story titled, \u2018Bloody Presidential\u2019 on March 20, \u2018The Revolution is inevitable\u2019 on June 12, and \u2018The government smells blood\u2019 on September 27.<\/p>\n
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