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Mass Media In South Sudan
The mass media in South Sudan is underdeveloped compared to many other countries, including fellow East African states like Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Poor transportation infrastructure and entrenched poverty in the country inhibit both the circulation of newspapers, particularly in states located far from the capital of Juba, and the ability of media outlets to maintain regular coverage of the entire country. South Sudan nonetheless has several indigenous media outlets and a host of active journalists. Media freedom Following the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005, the constitution of the newly autonomous South Sudan guarantees press freedom and ensures that all levels of government uphold the principle. Three progressive media bills were introduced in 2007 but were not enacted until the end of 2011, leaving journalists in that period without comprehensive legal protections and the media sector without a regulatory framework. According to former Information Minister Dr.B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Africa
East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territories make up Eastern Africa: Due to the historical Omani Empire and colonial territories of the British East Africa Protectorate and German East Africa, the term ''East Africa'' is often (especially in the English language) used to specifically refer to the area now comprising the three countries of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. However, this has never been the convention in many other languages, where the term generally had a wider, strictly geographic context and therefore typically included Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Somalia.Somaliland is not included in the United Nations geoscheme, as it is internationally recognized as a part of Somalia. *Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan are members of the East African Community. The firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radios In South Sudan
Radio is the main source of news and information in South Sudan. Radio History According to surveys conducted by the and USAID, radio is the most widely used and trusted source of information in the country. Radio listening is considered a social activity. Since the Comprehensive Peace Agreement of 2005, over 30 FM radio stations have been set up across the country with the encouragement of the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) run government. Radio networks and stations are run and funded by Churches, community organizations, international NGOs, and private businesses. The UN radio station Radio Mirraya, set up in 2006 by the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) in partnership with Foundation Hirondelle, has a wider geographic reach than any other FM station in South Sudan. The station is financed by the governments of the Netherlands, Switzerland and Sweden. During the first five years of its activity, Radio Mirraya maintained a newsroom in Khartoum, however, it ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ebony TV
Ebony TV is a satellite television of South Sudan. It transmits via the Atlantic Bird 2 satellite in Arabic. See also *Southern Sudan TV *Media of South Sudan *Television in South Sudan Television in South Sudan has a low penetration of around 15% to 20%, as many households cannot afford the cost of a satellite dish, and terrestrial television is the dominant platform. Radio became the main source of news and information in South ... Television stations in South Sudan {{Africa-tv-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudan Tribune
The ''Sudan Tribune'' is an electronic news portal on Sudan and South Sudan and neighbouring countries including news coverage, analyses and commentary, official reports and press releases from various organizations, and maps. It is based in Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ..., France, and run by a team of Sudanese and international editors and journalists. The Sudan Tribune claims to have had over 5 million page views in 2005 and more than 12 million page views (almost a million absolute unique visitors) in 2008. History The ''Sudan Tribune'' was started in 2003. In July 2017, the South Sudanese media accused the government of blocking their websites. References External linksSudan Tribune Website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Sudan News Agency
South Sudan News Agency (SSNA) is an independent English-language online newspaper covering news about South Sudan and other African countries, headquartered in the United States. SSNA News is the news division of the South Sudan News Agency. The SSNA was founded in 2008 and launched in 2010. The South Sudan News Agency features authors and scholars from South Sudan and other regions around the world. See also * Media of South Sudan The mass media in South Sudan is underdeveloped compared to many other countries, including fellow East African states like Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Poor transportation infrastructure and entrenched poverty in the country inhibit both the circ ... References {{Reflist External links South Sudan News Agency Sudan, South Sudan, East Africa, Africa, News Websites ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sudans Post
''Sudans Post'' (Arabic ســـودانس بـوست) is an independent South Sudanese online newspaper published primarily in English and covers Sudan and South Sudan. It was founded in 2017, but was not launched until December 2019. In February 2021, it claimed that it was the second-most visited South Sudanese news website in the country with more than 500,000 monthly page views, and has been visited – as of June 2021 – over 3 million times. The website brings attention to political, social and cultural issues in Sudan and South Sudan. Location Sudans Post is currently being operated from abroad. It was headquartered in Juba's Tongpiny neighborhood prior to June 2020 when government security agencies blocked access to its website and closed its office. Its founding editor-in-chief is Tor Madira Machier. Overview The newspaper was established in 2017 by South Sudanese journalist Tor Madira Machier and his brother Keah Madira Machier, a comedian popularly known as Pen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Tamazuj
Radio Tamazuj is an independent daily news service in South Sudan and Sudan. Background Radio Tamazuj is also a current affairs broadcaster covering South Sudan, the southern states of Sudan, and the borderlands between the two countries since 2011. Origin The word "''Tamazu''j" has been translated from South Sudanese Arabic word which means ‘blend’ in Arabic. Community engagement Radio Tamzuj has been sourced for being one of the news analyzers by the Relief Web to provide information for public consumption and thus has been feeding the public on information for both local and international linkages. Radio Tamazuj operates on shortwave during morning and evening time slots only, broadcasting in local dialect Arabic which makes it very easy for the local people to get what is being said which simplifies the message and informs the public. Radio Tamazuj also offers Voice of America--VOA broadcasting that encompasses the daily news from South Sudan South Sudan (; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nairobi
Nairobi ( ) is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The name is derived from the Maasai phrase ''Enkare Nairobi'', which translates to "place of cool waters", a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper had a population of 4,397,073 in the 2019 census, while the metropolitan area has a projected population in 2022 of 10.8 million. The city is commonly referred to as the Green City in the Sun. Nairobi was founded in 1899 by colonial authorities in British East Africa, as a rail depot on the Uganda - Kenya Railway.Roger S. Greenway, Timothy M. Monsma, ''Cities: missions' new frontier'', (Baker Book House: 1989), p.163. The town quickly grew to replace Mombasa as the capital of Kenya in 1907. After independence in 1963, Nairobi became the capital of the Republic of Kenya. During Kenya's colonial period, the city became a centre for the colony's coffee, tea and sisal industry. The city lies in the south central part of Kenya, at an elevation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kampala
Kampala (, ) is the capital and largest city of Uganda. The city proper has a population of 1,680,000 and is divided into the five political divisions of Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Makindye Division, Nakawa Division, and Rubaga Division. Kampala's metropolitan area consists of the city proper and the neighboring Wakiso District, Mukono District, Mpigi District, Buikwe District and Luweero District. It has a rapidly growing population that is estimated at 6,709,900 people in 2019 by the Uganda Bureau of Statistics in an area of . In 2015, this metropolitan area generated an estimated nominal GDP of $13.80221 billion (constant US dollars of 2011) according to Xuantong Wang et al., which was more than half of Uganda's GDP for that year, indicating the importance of Kampala to Uganda's economy. Kampala is reported to be among the fastest-growing cities in Africa, with an annual population growth rate of 4.03 percent, by City Mayors. Mercer (a New York- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juba Arabic
Juba Arabic (, ; ar, عربية جوبا, ‘Arabīyat Jūbā), also known since 2011 as South Sudanese Arabic, is a lingua franca spoken mainly in Equatoria Province in South Sudan, and derives its name from the South Sudanese capital, Juba. It is also spoken among communities of people from South Sudan living in towns in Sudan. The pidgin developed in the 19th century, among descendants of Sudanese soldiers, many of whom were recruited from southern Sudan. Residents of other large towns in South Sudan, notably Malakal and Wau, do not generally speak Juba Arabic, tending towards the use of Arabic closer to Sudanese Arabic, in addition to local languages. Reportedly, it is the most spoken language in South Sudan (more so than the official language English) despite government attempts to discourage its use due to its association with past Arab colonization. Classification Juba derives from a pidgin based on Sudanese Arabic. It has a vastly simplified grammar as well as the in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
