South Sudanese Media Urged To Be Fair On Sudan Reporting
The South Sudanese media has been urged to report fairly and balanced reports on issues to foster peace between Sudan and South Sudan. 16 May 2013 The Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Dr. Benjamin Barnaba Marial said that a Sudanese team visited Juba and expressed that the South Sudanese media is hostile to them. [Gurtong | File] By Misuk Moses Mule JUBA, 15th May 2013 [Gurtong] -The Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Dr. Benjamin Barnaba Marial who doubles as the government’s spokesperson told the media to report in a way that promotes peace with Sudan for peaceful co-existence and the implementation of the cooperation agreement and the implementation matrix signed by the two countries in September last year and February 2013 respectively. “The national interest of this country is to promote peace with Sudan despite all the disappointments and the killing of the chief,” Dr. Marial said. He said that a Sudanese team visited Juba and expressed that the South Sudanese media is hostile to them. The minister advised the media to write in an effort to promote peace between the neighbouring countries even when there are contentious issues between the two Sudans. South Sudan and Sudan have been in a bitter relationship after the two nearly went for a full scale war over the claimed oil area of Heglig. The implementation matrix signed by two presidents of Sudan and South Sudan have seen ties improve and the resumption of oil flow. Formally one country, South Sudan seceded from Sudan on July 9th 2011 following the Comprehensive Peace Agreement which resulted into the self determination vote. In a related development, Dr. Marial urged the media to improve in its news standards and the English citing that some media need to improve and should be fair and balanced in its reporting. Posted in: Home, Foreign Relations -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
