SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources - Sudan bans al-Jazeera as pro-democracy demonstrations continue

31/5/19: Multiple sources – Sudan bans al-Jazeera as pro-democracy demonstrations continue

• AP

• Reuters

 Sudan’s Transitional Military Council (TMC) has ordered Qatar-based Al Jazeera Television offices in Khartoum closed without giving any reasons, the office director said.

 The Qatar-funded satellite network has long drawn the ire of Egypt, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, the four nations now locked in a nearly two-year boycott of Qatar over its alleged backing of Islamists.