Tanzania: Media sued over estate deal story

Tanzanian media owner and prominent businessman Reginald Mengi and several of the journalists working in his media outlets have been slapped with a 100 billion shilling (approx. US$8.6 million) libel suit allegedly for defaming the executive chairperson of the Quality Group Limited, Yusuf Manji. The historic libel suit comes a few days after the 24th issue of the new English daily newspaper "This Day", owned by Mengi, exposed a property deal involving the Quality Group Company limited.