Sudan News Agency
| وكالة السودان للانباء (سونا) | |
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| Headquarters | Khartoum 15°36′24″N 32°32′15″E / 15.60667°N 32.53750°E |
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| Website | www |
Sudan News Agency, also known as SUNA, is the official news agency of Sudan. It provides news to other organizations in English, French and Arabic.[1]
History and profile
[edit]The Sudan News Agency was established in 1970.[1] It was officially inaugurated on the second anniversary of the May Revolution in 1971.[1][2] Abdul Karim Mehdi was the first director of the SUNA. Then Mustafa Amin became the director of the agency.[3] Amin served as the director until 1985.[3]
In June 2023 a SUNA journalist, Abdel Rahman Warab, was reportedly abducted from his home by the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (RSF).[4] He still remained missing in April 2025.[5] In November 2025 RSF assassinated Taj Al-Sir Ahmed Suleiman, director of the SUNA office in the city of Al Fasher.[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "عن سونا". suna-sd.net. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
- ↑ Ahmed Mady (2005). "Roles and Effects of Media in the Middle East and the United States". United States Army Command and General Staff College. Archived from the original on 19 October 2017. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
- 1 2 Ali, Ahmed. "The Rise of Sudan News Agency (SUNA): The Establishment and Development" (PDF). Khartoum: SSIG. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
- ↑ "News media silenced and at least seven journalists killed in Sudan's two years of war". Reporters Without Borders. 7 April 2025. Retrieved 16 July 2026.
- ↑ "Two years of war in Sudan: Journalists urge international action to protect media". Dabanga Radio TV Online. 15 April 2025. Retrieved 16 July 2026.
- ↑ "RSF kills state news agency's director in Al Fasher". TRT Africa. 28 November 2025. Retrieved 16 July 2026.
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