Tanzanian weekly tabloid Mawio has been banned for two years after linking two former politicians with the ongoing minerals saga in the country.
A presidential commission said earlier this week that Tanzania has lost 188 trillion Tanzanian shillings ($84bn) over 19 years due to mining companies under-reporting the amount of minerals they have been exporting.
The tabloid is well known for its occasional investigative reports, but usually publishes detailed and critical articles against the government. In a press release, the Minister for Information Harrison Mwakyembe said he had "no option" but to ban the newspaper.