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Tanzania suspends newspaper over ads featuring president

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan in Paris, France, on May 14, 2024. [AFP]

Tanzania suspended the online operations of a leading newspaper on Thursday after it released advertising clips featuring the president and referencing recent abductions and killings of dissidents.

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