ARUSHA, July 16 -- ZANZIBAR President Hussein Mwinyi has praised the Media Council of Tanzania (MCT) for honoring the first and second phase presidentsMwalimu Julius Nyerere and Ali Hassan Mwinyi for championing media freedom across the continent of Africa.

The awards presented on Tuesday during the Second Pan-African Media Councils Summit, organised by the Network of Independent Media Councils of Africa (NIMCA), at the Arusha international Conference Centre (AICC) are part of the MCTs 30th anniversary commemoration.

The summit was officially opened by Vice- President Dr Philip Mpango on behalf of President Dr Samia Suluhu Hassan. Dr Mwinyi, who received the Anniversary Special Recognition Award bestowed to his late father said thanked ...