Al Ayam (Sudan)
Al Ayam is a Sudanese newspaper and is the oldest independently run newspaper in the country of Sudan.[1][2]
The newspaper was created by Mahjoub Mohamed Salih in the year 1958.[3] The newspaper was closed twice by the Sudanese government and became government run in 1970.[4] The paper was republished in 1986 but was closed again from 1989 to 2000.[5]
In 2004 it was closed again by the government for independent reporting of the incident in Darfur.[6]
In March of 2004, a Sudanese court ordered to close the newspaper forever but refused.[7]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Sudan Profile; Media, United Kingdom: BBC News, 2012, retrieved 13 September 2012
- ↑ "Mahjoub Mohamed Salih". World Association of Newspapers. 2005. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
- ↑ "Mahjoub Mohamed Salih". World Association of Newspapers. 2005. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
- ↑ "Mahjoub Mohamed Salih". World Association of Newspapers. 2005. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
- ↑ "Mahjoub Mohamed Salih". World Association of Newspapers. 2005. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
- ↑ Shinn, David H. (2015). "Information Media" (PDF). In Berry, LaVerle (ed.). Sudan: a country study (5th ed.). Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. pp. 271–275. ISBN 978-0-8444-0750-0.
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