{"id":20116554,"date":"2025-05-07T12:01:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T10:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/?p=20116554"},"modified":"2025-05-07T19:51:37","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T17:51:37","slug":"2025-word-press-freedom-index-sudan-rates-156th-out-of-180","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/2025-word-press-freedom-index-sudan-rates-156th-out-of-180","title":{"rendered":"2025 World Press Freedom Index: Sudan rates 156th out of 180"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While press freedom has been under constant threat and subjected to information control and censorship throughout most of Sudan\u2019s modern history, as the fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in April 2023, enters its third year, threats, attacks, and abuses against journalists have become much more frequent, forcing many of them to flee to neighbouring countries.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This bitter reality is clearly reflected in Sudan\u2019s rating at 156th<\/sup> of 180 countries in the <\/a>2025 World Press Freedom Index<\/a>, published annually by the Paris-based advocacy organisation <\/a>Reporters Without Borders<\/a>, who lament that while economic fragility a leading threat to press freedom globally, threats, attacks, and abuses against journalists have become more frequent in Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThirty-four countries stand out for the mass closures of their media outlets, which has led to the exile of journalists in recent years,\u201d the advocacy group says, singling out countries \u201cwhere economic difficulties compound the effects of political pressure,\u201d including Sudan<\/a>, as well as Nicaragua (172nd<\/sup>, down 9 places), Belarus (166th<\/sup>), Iran (176th<\/sup>), Myanmar (169th<\/sup>), Azerbaijan (167th<\/sup>) and Afghanistan (175th<\/sup>), \u201cwhere economic difficulties compound the effects of political pressure”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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