Abdullah Ali Massar


Sudanese Information Minister Abdullah Ali Massar (AFP)

Name: Abdullah Massar

Career: Masser is a former Sudanese Information Minister / Ministry of Information and Communications. He has also acted as the spokesperson of the National Congress Party government.

Background: Abdullah Massar’s resignation was accepted by Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir in April 2012 after he got into a dispute with the presidency over his decision to suspend the director of Sudan’s official news agency (SUNA) Awad Jadain while he undergoes investigation for alleged financial and administrative irregularities.

Bashir reversed Massar’s orders regarding Jadain and halted the work of an investigation committee into SUNA formed by the outgoing minister.

Sana Hamad, state information minister, sided with Jadain and put a freeze on Massar’s decision while he was travelling abroad. This prompted Massar to cut short his trip and strip Hamad from her role as supervisor over SUNA.

He was replaced at the Ministry of Culture & Information by Dr. Ahmed Belal Osman.

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Sudanese army take partial control of Heglig area – spokesperson
Sunday 15 April 2012
April 15, 2012 (KHARTOUM) — The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) are at few kilometers from Heglig town and the area’s oilfields, Khaled Al-Sawarmi Khartoum’s military spokesperson said on Saturday evening 24 hours after beginning the the north’s (...)
Sudan’s Bashir welcomes Addis Ababa deal as Kiir vows no compromise on border areas
Thursday 15 March 2012
March 14, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Sudan’s President Omar Al-Bashir received on Wednesday a briefing from his country’s negotiating team on the two deals signed with neighbouring South Sudan on nationality and the demarcation of common (...)
Sudan’s Bashir accepts resignation of information minister, relieves state minister
Tuesday 1 May 2012
April 30, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir issued a decree late on Monday accepting the resignation of Information Minister Abdullah Ali Massar which has been pending at his desk since last week. In this (...)
Sudan VP Taha urges citizens to confront South Sudan’s "aggression"
Friday 13 April 2012
April 12, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese 1st Vice President Ali Osman Taha on Thursday chaired the first meeting of the Supreme Mobilization and Recruitment Committee (SMRC) formed late last month by his boss president Omer Hassan (...)
Bashir appoints new information minister
Wednesday 2 May 2012
May 1, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir on Tuesday picked a senior member from the Federal Umma Party, Ghazi Al-Sadig to become the new information minister. Sudan’s newly appointed information minister (...)
Sudanese information minister resigns amid dispute with presidency over state news agency
Monday 30 April 2012
April 29, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese Information Minister Abdullah Ali Massar has submitted his resignation to president Omer Hassan al-Bashir in the wake of a dispute over the fate of the director of Sudan’s official news agency (...)
Khartoum denies South Sudan’s claim on bombing Heglig’s oil facilities
Monday 16 April 2012
April 15, 2012 (KHARTOUM/JUBA) – Sudan has denied claims by South Sudan that its air forces bombed “to rubble” oil infrastructure in Heglig, warning that Juba will be held responsible for any damage done in the disputed area. FILE - (...)
Mini-war on north-south Sudan borders leads to cancellation of Bashir’s trip to Juba
Tuesday 27 March 2012
March 26, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The Sudanese government on Monday announced that president Omer Hassan al-Bashir’s scheduled summit with his southern counterpart Salva Kiir on 3 April has been cancelled in wake of the most serious (...)

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