The Citizen

The Citizen is an English-language daily newspaper in Tanzania, published by the Mwananchi Communications group. One of the country's leading English titles, it covers national politics, business, society and current affairs for a general readership. The paper maintains a prominent news website serving both domestic audiences and readers across East Africa.

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The Citizen at a glance

Country: Tanzania
Region: East Africa · Africa
Kind of outlet: Daily newspaper
Editorial leaning: Centrist
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How Crosswire groups The Citizen

Crosswire groups The Citizen as Centrist for comparisons within Tanzania's directory. Center includes both centrist outlets and outlets for which the directory has no confident classification. It is not evidence that this outlet is neutral or more accurate.

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Where The Citizen sits in Tanzania's press

The Citizen is one of 5 outlets tracked in Tanzania, and one of 3 daily newspapers among them — the others being Daily News and HabariLeo. By outlets tracked, Tanzania ranks seventh of the 45 countries on Crosswire's Africa hub, which lists 178 outlets in all.

Across Africa, Crosswire tracks 73 of the 396 daily newspapers in the directory. The nearest counterparts to The Citizen outside Tanzania, starting with East Africa, are Daily Nation (Kenya), The Reporter (Ethiopia), Daily Monitor (Uganda) and The New Times (Rwanda). Opening one of them beside The Citizen is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.