[Courtesy]Tanzanian Ambassador to Nairobi Dr. John Simbachawene temporarily deactivated his Twitter account, @JSimbachawene, a day after he lectured and warned Kenyan journalists against reporting on matters coronavirus pandemic in his country. Read MoreHis utterances prompted retributions from Kenyans on Twitter (KoT) forcing him to delete all his earlier tweets and retweets about the Kenyan media. The World Health Organization has continued to put pressure on Magufuli’s government and called upon President John Magufuli to release Covid-19 data. On his side, President Magufuli has urged Tanzanians to take precautions but remained adamant in revealing the impact of Covid-19 in Tanzania. Tanzania has so far lost 10 prominent figures that have died in less than a month including former Zanzibar first Vice President Maalim Seif.

Source: Standard Digital February 24, 2021 15:51 UTC