''Al-Rayaam'' (also transliterated as Al-Rae Al-Aam,
Al-Rai Al-Aam,
and Al-Ra'y al-Amm
) ( ar, الرأي العام meaning ''Public Opinion'') is the oldest newspaper in
Sudan
Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
. It was founded on March 15, 1945, by Ismail Al Atabani. As of 2011, it had a daily circulation of about 18,000.
It is an
Islamist paper and had strong links to the government of
Omar al-Bashir, but also employed columnists who were anti-government.
References
Newspapers published in Sudan
Arabic newspapers
Newspapers established in 1945
1945 establishments in Sudan
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