Al-Sahafa
الصحافة
Owner(s)National Intelligence Security Service
Founded1961 (1961)
LanguageArabic

Al-Sahafa (in Arabic الصحافة meaning The Press) is an Arabic daily newspaper published in Sudan.[1][2]

History and profile

Al Sahafa was established in 1961.[3] In its initial phase the paper had a left-wing political stance.[3] The paper was suspended in different periods, including in 2003 because it carried an Ethiopian Airlines advertisement that mentioned the drinking of alcohol.[3][4] Often critical of the government, Al-Sahafa distributed 25,000 to 27,000 copies daily as of 2011.[4]

In September 2013, the Sudanese National Intelligence Security Service bought the paper.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hassan Faroog (9 September 2013). "Sudan's media in times of protests, suppression and blackouts". The Niles. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Sudan Profile; Media, United Kingdom: BBC News, 2012, retrieved 13 September 2012
  3. 1 2 3 Sudan Archived 2014-09-04 at the Wayback Machine Arab Press Network. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  4. 1 2 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. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Though published in 2015, this work covers events in the whole of Sudan (including present-day South Sudan) until the 2011 secession of South Sudan.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  5. ↑ Zeinab Mohammed Salih (30 September 2013). "Sudan's government silences press through ownership". Index. Retrieved 16 September 2014.


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