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South Sudan security confiscates newspapers

JUBA – South Sudanese security operatives raided the premises of the independent Citizen newspaper, confiscating all copies of its Monday edition, the paper’s editor-in-chief said.

“The premises of our offices was surrounded by the heavily security forces today. They came at 5.30am (local time) today in vehicles, surrounded the facility and confiscated the whole paper. They took all the 3,000 copies because we covered the federalism debate,” Nhial Bol Aken told Sudan Tribune.

“I don’t know why they did that. I don’t know the reasons for targeting us, when we are just doing our work, giving both sides a flat form to present their arguments,” he added…

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