The U.S. needs to stop ignoring Tanzania’s media crackdowns


President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama (both at right) and Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete and first lady Salma Kikwete arrive at Dar es Salaam in Tanzania in 2013.
Tanzania, a country that has long been upheld by Washington as an example of transparency and governance in Africa, is on the verge of enacting some of the most draconian laws on data sharing in the region. And it’s being done largely in secret. The U.S. government, as well as development agencies such as the World Bank, do Tanzanians a disservice by failing to condemn laws that could severely harm media freedom

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