Sudanese Security gags newspaper
The Sudanese Security Forces on Sunday indefinitely suspended El Jareeda daily newspaper.The suspension took place against the backdrop of documents the newspaper published implicating the involvement of the current Finance Minister, Badreldin Mahmoud, in corruption cases. At the time, Mahmoud was chairman of the Committee on Purchases of the New Ginneries.At the same time, the Security Forces informed the Deputy Secretary-General of the Popular Congress Party, Abdallah Hassan Ahmed that the party’s newspaper Rai El Shaab may resume after a stop of more than three years.The weekly newspaper of the Sudanese Communist Party, El Midan, was suspended a year ago for an indefinite period. File photo Related: ‘Auditor accuses Sudan’s Minister of Finance of corruption’: confiscated newspaper (23 January 2014)
The Sudanese Security Forces on Sunday indefinitely suspended El Jareeda daily newspaper.
The suspension took place against the backdrop of documents the newspaper published implicating the involvement of the current Finance Minister, Badreldin Mahmoud, in corruption cases. At the time, Mahmoud was chairman of the Committee on Purchases of the New Ginneries.
At the same time, the Security Forces informed the Deputy Secretary-General of the Popular Congress Party, Abdallah Hassan Ahmed that the party’s newspaper Rai El Shaab may resume after a stop of more than three years.
The weekly newspaper of the Sudanese Communist Party, El Midan, was suspended a year ago for an indefinite period.
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Related: ‘Auditor accuses Sudan’s Minister of Finance of corruption’: confiscated newspaper (23 January 2014)
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