Last updated: 26 august, 2009 - 16:20 GMT

Million dollar libel ruling in Tanzania

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Are oppressive libel laws being used to crush press freedom in Africa?

That's the question being asked tonight after the High Court in Tanzania ordered a newspaper to pay damages of one million dollars to a businessman.

The plaintiff, Reginald Mengi, himself a Tanzanian media baron, claimed the newspaper had defamed him.

Zuhura Yunus has details of the ruling.

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