SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Sudan journalists call for removal of ‘figures of the old regime’ from media institutions

3/12/2019: Radio Dabanga - Sudan journalists call for removal of ‘figures of the old regime’ from media institutions

Radio Dabanga reports that the Sudanese Journalists Network (SJN) organised a protest against affiliates of the former regime in the institutions of the Ministry of Culture and Information.

They handed over a memorandum to the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture and Information El Rashid Saeed, which called for:

·      The urgent formation of a fact-finding committee that cooperates with the Ministry of Culture and Information concerning the establishment of media institutions and sources of funding.

·      The committee should also  include the Commercial Registrar, the Attorney General, the Auditor General, the Ministry of Justice and some journalists.

·      Media institutions belonging to members of the military and security apparatus should be suspended.

·      The national media institutions to be restructured so that they reflect Sudanese diversity and values.

·      A media conference on the development of a media strategy for the coming 50 years.