Sudan seizes three newspapers for covering food-price protests
Khartoum — Sudanese security agents seized the entire print-runs of three newspapers on Thursday after they covered food-price protests in Khartoum and other towns, their editors said. Opposition groups have organised repeated demonstrations since bread prices jumped in early January when a government decision to leave wheat imports to the private sector triggered a sharp rise in the cost of flour. Several newspapers have criticised the government’s decision, and on Thursday agents of the National Intelligence and Security Service (Niss) confiscated the print-runs of Al-Tayar, Al-Midan and Al-Jadida newspapers. "Niss agents confiscated all copies of our newspaper today without giving any reason," Al-Jadida editor Ashraf Abdelaziz told AFP. The media in Sudan is frequently targeted for its reporting. The country regularly ranks near the bottom of international press freedom rankings. Several senior leaders of opposition groups have been arrested by Niss agents since January in a bid ...
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