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- The layout team prepares an edition of The Citizen newspaper, an English language daily, at their offices in the southern Sudanese capital of Juba on January 28, 2011. (Peter Martell/AFP/Getty Images)
The Citizen is an independent newspaper based in Juba, South Sudan. It is the only South Sudanese newspaper that publishes daily.
Editor in Chief: Nhial Bol
Owner: Nhial Bol
Circulation: 3,000 approx.
- Monday 21 January 2013
January 16, 2013 (JUBA) – Following a series of attacks, intimidation and threats, comment writers and bloggers in South Sudan say they are operating in a heightened sense of fear. South Sudanese men read newspapers in Juba on 10 July (...)
- Sunday 2 October 2011
By Ngor Arol Garang
October 1, 2011 (JUBA) - The editor in chief of The Citizen newspaper, Nhial Bol, was on arrested and briefly held by police on Friday before being released following his newspaper’s investigations into the business (...)
- Sunday 9 October 2011
October 8, 2011 (JUBA) - The Kenyan-based Nation Media Group (NMG) is currently negotiating with The Citizen newspaper to buy shares, in deal that could see the company acquire major stakes in South’s Sudan’s leading English daily, Sudan (...)
- Monday 15 October 2012
October 14, 2012 (JUBA) - Leading officials from South Sudan’s governing Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) have admitted compelling conditions behind the signing of the cooperation agreement with the government of neigbouring (...)
- Sunday 12 June 2011
June 12, 2011 (JUBA) – A senior South Sudanese journalist says his life has been threatened by some elements of the region’s security organs over his consistent criticism of the South Sudan government. Nhial Bol Aken, The Citizen’s (...)
- Wednesday 31 October 2012
October 30, 2012 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s only daily newspaper announced Tuesday that is was being forced to suspend publication as it has been unable to secure the hard currency needed to purchase the paper necessary to continue printing. (...)
- Thursday 26 January 2006
Jan 25, 2006 (KHARTOUM) — Sudan’s decision to withdraw its bid for the leadership of the African Union (AU) has been welcomed by human rights groups and local activists, who say it has enhanced Africa’s reputation. Denis Sassou-Nguessou (...)
- Monday 12 November 2012
November 11, 2012 (JUBA) – Various South Sudanese media outlets have called on the government to ensure that draft media bills reflect international standards, uphold good governance and spread system of accountability in all public and (...)
- Saturday 31 March 2012
March 31, 2012 (JUBA) — The recent fines slapped on two South Sudanese newspapers for allegedly defaming a senior member of the country’s ruling party cited in a $30 scam will deter journalists from further investigating (...)
- Tuesday 14 December 2010
By Bonifacio Taban Kuich The Citizen Chairman of Board and Editor in Chief in Juba. Dec. 12, 2010 (ST)
December 12, 2010 (JUBA) – The founder of an independent newspaper The Citizen Nhial Bol says there are many challenges in the media (...)
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