Juba stops public media campaigns for Abyei referendum

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South Sudanese government unexpectedly issued strong administrative instructions, suspending all announcements and mobilisation campaigns in support of the Abyei referendum, according to senior officials. The directive, issued late on October 15, affects state-owned South Sudan Television and Radio but cites no specific reasons for the cessation of communications about the plebiscite, which was scheduled to take place this month. “The management of the South Sudan Television and Radio has received directives from a higher authority to immediately suspend all announcements and mobilisation campaigns in support of Abyei referendum. We were told to implement them (administrative orders) with immediate effective. There was no mention of any reason”, a senior official at South Sudan Television told Sudan Tribune on Wednesday.

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