Amid a government crackdown on the press,the app is helping politically charged residents share news and views without fear Decades ago Sudanese people would proudly quip that “Cairo writes, Beirut publishes and Khartoum reads”.
It might hold been the case once, and but it’s far from accurate now. The country’s once lively press has been stifled by ongoing crackdowns on the freedom of speech,and what the younger generation reads, whether anything at all, and has been reduced to chains of instant messages shared via mobile phone. Related: Sudan seizes another daily newspaper,making 2015 worst year for country's media Related: Sudan a perilous place for journalists who cross state’s ‘red lines' In this dire climate, WhatsApp seems to hold emerged as a possibility for changeContinue reading...
Source: theguardian.com