SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Sacked Sudan TV director ignored al-Burhan news: adviser

12/4/2022: Sudan Tribune - Sacked Sudan TV director ignored al-Burhan news: adviser

Sudan Tribune report that al-Tahir Abu Haja, the media advisor of the head of the military-led sovereign council Abdulfattah al-Burhan, said that Luqman Ahmed was dismissed from his position as director of Sudan’s Radio and TV Corporation as “he ignored the news of the head of the [ruling] Sovereign Council and abandoned its mission as an official media tasked with publishing the news of state institutions and leaders.”

Abu Haja said the official TV station ignored the news of the army and broadcast the news about al-Burhan at the end of the news bulletin, adding that while the editorial line of private media could classify the news according to its importance, state media “has to take into account the importance of the positions in the state.”

Abu Haja also claimed that national TV did not give enough attention to the eastern border dispute in al-Fashqa.