RadioFreeAfrica.org » elections http://www.radiofreeafrica.org Supporting Africa's independent media Thu, 27 May 2010 12:28:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Sudan media slightly more free? Sudan’s President orders “End to State Censorship” http://www.radiofreeafrica.org/2009/10/13/sudan-media-slightly-more-free-sudans-president-orders-end-to-state-censorship/ http://www.radiofreeafrica.org/2009/10/13/sudan-media-slightly-more-free-sudans-president-orders-end-to-state-censorship/#comments Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:23:22 +0000 Dave http://www.radiofreeafrica.org/?p=95 Last week, as reported in Al-Jazeera,  Sudan’s president Omar al-Bashir (who has been indicted for war crimes by the UN’s International Criminal Court)ordered an end to state censorship to increase validity for the country’s upcoming elections.  Many editors, however, retain serious doubts about their ability to publish any content related to the Darfur conflict and other potentially “sensitive” issues.

Please see the full article in Al-Jazeera for details.

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