Editing Sudan (section)

==== Press freedom ====
{{see also|Media in Sudan}}
Under the government of Omar al-Bashir (1989–2019), Sudan's media outlets were given little freedom in their reporting.<ref name="Silencing">{{Cite news |first=Philip |last=Obaji Jr |date=7 June 2022 |title=The silencing of Sudan's journalists - again |publisher=Al Jazeera Media Institute |url=http://institute.aljazeera.net/en/ajr/article/2216 |access-date=8 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref> In 2014, [[Reporters Without Borders]]' [[freedom of the press]] rankings placed Sudan at 172th of 180 countries.<ref>{{cite press release |author=Reporters Without Borders |date=23 May 2014 |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/201405231846.html |title=Sudanese Authorities Urged Not to Introduce "Censorship Bureau" |website=allAfrica.com |access-date=15 February 2015 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> After al-Bashir's ousting in 2019, there was a brief period under a civilian-led transitional government where there was some press freedom.<ref name="Silencing"/> However, the leaders of a 2021 coup quickly reversed these changes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Press freedom under siege after military coup in Sudan |publisher=Reporters Without Borders |date=11 May 2021 |url=https://rsf.org/en/press-freedom-under-siege-after-military-coup-sudan |access-date=8 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref> "The sector is deeply polarised", Reporters Without Borders stated in their 2023 summary of press freedom in the country. "Journalistic critics have been arrested, and the internet is regularly shut down in order to block the flow of information."<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 October 2023 |title=Sudan |publisher=Reporters Without Borders |url=https://rsf.org/en/country/sudan |access-date=8 November 2023 |website=rsf.org |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024051256/https://rsf.org/en/country/sudan |archive-date=24 October 2023 }}</ref> Additional crackdowns occurred after the beginning of the 2023 [[Sudanese civil war (2023)|Sudanese civil war]].<ref name="Silencing"/>