SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Sudan silences Salafist media platform

31/12/2019: Radio Dabanga - Sudan silences Salafist media platform

Radio Dabanga reports that Faisal Mohammed Salih, Minister of Culture and Information,  has issued a decision to stop El Andalus Media Production and Distribution Company, that owns several satellite channels, from broadcasting.

Salih explained that the decision was based on the exclusive right of the Sudanese General Authority for Radio and TV Broadcasting and its responsibility to control or supervise the operation of radio and television broadcasting platforms.

The El Andalus Media Production and Distribution Ltd owns the Teiba satellite channels, whose board of directors is chaired by Salafist preacher Abdelhay Yousef. El Andalus permits broadcasting for more than ten channels not authorised by the Sudanese authorities.

At the time of writing Teiba channel is still available for viewing, broadcasting lectures by Abdelhay Yousef.