by Hassan Farouk, courtesy SudanVotes Sudanese newspapers need an overhaul to restore credibility by putting a stop to unethical practices. In the offices of a local newspaper, a reporter was recently overheard speaking into his cell phone loudly enough for everyone in his midst to hear: “I’m not doing the story unless I know how much they’re [...]
Posts Tagged ‘journalism’
The Uncertain Future of Media Independence in Khartoum post-CPA
by Osman Shinger, courtesy SudanVotes Journalists and rights activists have expressed concern about diminishing press freedom in Sudan. Reporters attribute their pessimism to what they call a “coup” against public liberties. Chief among their concerns is the press freedom that was stipulated in the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA), whose duration concluded with South Sudan’s independence that [...]
Free media still on hold in South Sudan
by Marvis Birungi courtesy SudanVotes As Southern Sudan engages in the complex process of state building, free media seems to be one aspect the government needs to allocate more attention to. The Citizen, the only newspaper printed in the South, was subject to a police raid last Sunday. With Southern Sudan soon to become an [...]
Radio Miraya journalist arrested in Yei, Sudan
by Akim Mugisa courtesy SudanVotes As the Referendum approaches it is a busy time for Sudan’s media houses – and a tense time with many political interests at stake. Miraya FM journalist Isaac Moro, while working in Yei, was wrongly mistaken for Khartoum Government spy, and arrested. A senior radio journalist working with Foundation Hirondelle [...]
Are journalists being respected by politicians in Sudan?
by Bonifacio Taban courtesy SudanVotes How are our journalists and our children being treated? It has taken quite some time for us to dig any information from our local politicians all over the country. Sudan in general is a special case, since the country has two ruling systems of governance. That is to say the [...]
