from RAJI BASHIR in Khartoum, Sudan
Sudan Bureau
KHARTOUM, (CAJ News) – SUDAN has emerged as the deadliest country for journalists in Africa.
Five media workers have been killed in less than two months by the paramilitary group, Rapid Support Force (RSF).
This continues a trend in April 2024 when Sudan was adjudged the most perilous country for media in the continent.
The director of the Radio Sector of the North Darfur State Radio and Television Corporation, Ahmed Mohamed Saleh Sayyidna, was recently killed by indiscriminate shelling carried out by the RSF in the city of El Fasher.
His death follows the killing of three journalists and a driver from Sudanese National Television in March while on assignment in Khartoum, the capital.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joined its affiliate, the Sudanese Journalists Union (SJU), in condemning these killings,
In 2024, the IFJ recorded the killing of six journalists in Sudan, and the RSF has been implicated in most of those killings.
IFJ General Secretary, Anthony Bellanger, said, “We are saddened by the outrageous killings of our colleagues and recall that journalists are civilians and should be protected at all times, especially during war.”
He said attacking media workers was unacceptable and could not be overlooked.
“We call for a swift investigation that brings the perpetrators to justice.”
– CAJ News