Sudan
The signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in 2005 marked the end of 21 years of civil war between North and South Sudan. Since then, IMS has been actively working in Sudan with its partner organisations. The overall objective is to support independent media and to promote Freedom of Expression, thereby supporting the peace process and the democratic transition in Sudan.Archive
- South Sudan: Building understanding between security forces and media
- Southern Sudan referendum 2011: Monitoring of media coverage
- Sudanese media ensure peaceful coverage of independence referendum
- Media mentorships in Sudan boost referendum coverage
- Journalists reporting freely from Southern Sudan referendum
- Sudanese media report: Hate speech and polarisation in electoral coverage
- Monitoring the coverage of Sudan 2010 elections
- Excited anticipation in Southern Sudan
- Support to media covering the Southern Sudan Referendum
- Launch: Unique account of Sudan election
- Sudanese media news agenda from 26 July - 2 August 2010
- Biased media coverage of Sudan's spring elections
- Sudan Elections Media Monitoring Report 10
- Sudan Elections Media Monitoring Report 8 - English
- Sudan Elections Media Monitoring Report 8 - Arabic version
- New move from government to stifle media in Sudan
- Sudan Election Media Monitoring Report 7 - English version
- Sudan Elections Media Monitoring Report 7 - Arabic version
- Sudanese media cautious in their use of hate speech during elections
- Sudan Media Monitoring Report 6 - English
- Sudan Media Monitoring Report 5 - Arabic
- Sudan Media Monitoring Report 5 - English
- Sudan media monitoring report 4 - Arabic version
- Sudanese media show restraint in coverage of elections
- Sudan Media Monitoring Report 4
- Media and security forces in dialogue in Southern Sudan
- Sudanese media welcome new standards of reporting
- Sudan Media Monitoring Report III, 1 April 2010
- Women lose out in Sudan election coverage
- A day in the life of a media monitor
- Sudanese media partial to ruling parties in election press coverage
- Second Media Monitoring Report of Sudan election coverage 2010 - ENGLISH
- Second Media monitoring report Sudan election 2010 - ARABIC
- Khartoum invitation 2010
- Sudan: Media will lead process towards transformation
- Sudanese journalists to cover first elections in 24 years
- Journalists in training to cover Sudan's 2010 elections
- Upcoming Sudanese election will put media to the test
- Report in ENGLISH: Journalism training in Sudan, 2009
- Report in ARABIC: Journalism training in Sudan, 2009
- Victims of Darfur crisis lose out in media coverage
- Report: Media coverage of the Darfur conflict in Sudanese and non-Sudanese media, 2009
- Southern Sudan leaps forward on road to free expression
- Sudanese media discuss future media initiatives
- Statement of the Roundtable on Medie Coverage of the Darfur Crisis, Amman, 28 August 2008
- Call to Arab media to give more attention to Darfur crisis
- Media in Sudan at a crossroads
- Sudan: Peace paves way for free media
- IMS eyes on Sudan
- Media in Sudan at a crossroads; Assessment and outline of a strategy for media support, 2007
Support to media covering the Southern Sudan Referendum
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Ahead of the Southern Sudan Referendum due on 9 January 2011, IMS and partners prepare to support Sudanese media reporting on the historic event, which is expected to be a challenging task for media all over the country
When Sudanese people with a documented relation to Southern Sudan cast their vote all over the world in the Southern Sudan Referendum on 9 January 2011, media will play a crucial role in collecting, analysing and reporting on voter registration information as well as the results in an accurate, consistent, balanced and timely manner.
With a view to support Sudanese media in this daunting task, IMS and its partners under the Sudan Media and Election Consortium (SMEC) is going to train media personnel in Sudan to improve the quality of information and to monitor the role and performance of the media in terms of providing access to different parties and stakeholders involved in the Referendum process.
The project, which is funded by UNDP, will build on the lessons learnt from the training and monitoring, which took place ahead, during and after the general election in April under the auspices of the SMEC consortium, which apart from IMS include SUDIA, Norwegian People’s Aid, Fojo, Arab Working Group and Osservatorio.
- With this project, we will be able to produce a baseline for the Sudan media sector that can form the basis for strengthening the professional capacity of media workers in Sudan, once the dust settles after the Southern Sudan Referendum, says Abdel-Rahman El Mahdi, President of SUDIA, one of Sudan’s only independent human rights organizations in Sudan – and a partner to the media project.
Polarized debate
According to El Mahdi, the space for independent and balanced reporting will be very limited in northern as well as southern Sudan before, during and after the Referendum due to the heavily vested interests in the future prospects of a unified or a divided Sudan. Already there have been examples of harassment of journalist who pursued offering a balanced view on the Referendum, he explains.
Click on the arrow in the frame to hear Abdel-Rahman El Mahdi’s analysis:
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