Sudans Post

Sudans Post is currently being operated from abroad. It was headquartered in Juba's Tongpiny neighborhood prior to June 2020, when government security agencies blocked access to its website and closed its office. == Overview ==

Sudans Post was established in 2017 by South Sudanese journalist Tor Madira Machier and his brother Keah Madira Machier, a comedian popularly known as Penton Keah. The website was not launched until December 2019. It asserts that its private ownership guarantees its journalistic and editorial independence. Sudans Post also says its primary aim is to contribute to social discussions by "providing readers with an alternate depiction of events that occur on Sudan, South Sudan and East Africa, and to establish an engaging social platform for readers to discover and discuss the various issues that impact the two countries and the region." == 2020 government blocking ==

In June, 2020, the Sudans Post news website was blocked by the South Sudanese government following the publication of an article deemed defamatory by the government of South Sudan and the National Security Service (NSS). It had earlier published an article alleging that a Juba-based wealthy businesswoman and philanthropist was being investigated by the National Security Service (NSS) over suspicions that she was involved in a plan to kill her own husband. Two months later, Qurium Media Foundation, a Swedish non-profit organization, announced that it had deployed a mirror for the website to circumvent the government blocking. == References ==