Journalists arrested for failing to cover President

JUBA — South Sudan has arrested two State broadcast journalists for failing to ensure coverage of a crucial speech by President Salva Kiir, a government official said on Sunday, prompting an outcry from an international media watchdog.
Report by Reuters

Journalists often complain of persecution by the security services of the African republic that seceded from Sudan in 2011. That year, Juba authorities closed a newspaper after it criticised Kiir for allowing his daughter to marry a foreigner.

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