Tanzania's Communication Regulatory Authority punished three TV stations for airing content that was "misleading and untrue" about the government's strategy on fighting coronavirus. Critics believe that TCRA objected to a report that criticised President John Magufuli for saying that churches should remain open on the basis that "coronavirus cannot survive in a church".
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-52214740
Writer: Dickens Olewe
Publication: BBC