Al Ayam (Sudan)

Al Ayam is a Sudanese newspaper and is the oldest independently run newspaper in the country of Sudan.

The newspaper was created by Mahjoub Mohamed Salih in the year 1958. The newspaper was closed twice by the Sudanese government and became government run in 1970. The paper was republished in 1986 but was closed again from 1989 to 2000. 

In 2004 it was closed again by the government for independent reporting of the incident in Darfur.

In March of 2004, a Sudanese court ordered to close the newspaper forever but refused.

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