{{Tanzania Editors Forum (TEF) chairman Absalom Kibanda, who had been bedridden over the past week after sustaining serious injuries in an attack by unknown assailants, is recuperating.}}<\/p>\n
Mr Kibanda, who is also the group managing editor of New Habari Corporation, was attacked at midnight in the city last Wednesday, as he approached his house. He lost his left eye and several teeth while his jaw was damaged. <\/p>\n
The body tissue separating his mouth and nasal canal was punctured and he was immediately flown to South Africa.<\/p>\n
Doctors at the Johannesburg Milpark Hospital, where he is hospitalised, said he now walks inside his room and could start walking outdoor in the next two days.<\/p>\n
The TEF secretary general, Mr Neville Meena, said in the city yesterday that Mr Kibanda\u2019s health was improving, adding: \u201cHe is under close doctors\u2019 supervision, but he can stand up and walk,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
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