Tanzanian publisher censured over ad referencing killings of dissidents

Regulator says advert by publisher of the Citizen newspaper likely to harm national unity'

Tanzania has suspended the online operations of a top newspaper publisher after one of its publications ran an animated advert depicting the country's president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, and referencing a spate of recent abductions and killings of dissidents.

The advert, published on X and Instagram on Tuesday by the Citizen, an English-language newspaper, showed the president flipping through TV channels. Each channel showed people speaking about loved ones they had lost through disappearances.