SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - PM Hamdok: Sudan press freedom still needs work

4/5/2020: Radio Dabanga - PM Hamdok: Sudan press freedom still needs work

Radio Dabanga reports that Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said that press freedom in Sudan is “still below the standards set by the transitional government, that was founded on freedom, peace and justice.”

 Sudan’s Ministry of Culture and Information said that Sudan no longer being at the “absolute bottom” of Reporters Without Borders’ World Press Freedom Index “constitutes a motivation to further improve press freedom in Sudan.”

 The Sudanese Journalists Network (SJN) called on the government to create press institutions that are “satiated with the values of the revolution,” noting that the vast majority of the press institutions still lack health insurance for their journalists and other employees.

 Publishers still violate labour laws, illegally depriving journalists of money, the SJN claims.