Al-Sahafa (Sudan)

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

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

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. Sudan Archived 2014-09-04 at the Wayback Machine Arab Press Network. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  4. 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. 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.
  5. Zeinab Mohammed Salih (30 September 2013). "Sudan's government silences press through ownership". Index. Retrieved 16 September 2014.


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