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… we’re asking readers, sympathizers and well-wishers to make their contributions in support of The South Sudan News Now’s independent journalism.

The world’s youngest nation, South Sudan, a country that has experienced more war than peace and stability, has one of the least developed mass media around the world. In addition to having been in a civil war for more than half a century, the transitional government of South Sudan and the transitional constitution that established the new nation in 2011 provide very little support to independent journalism. Prior to the civil war that broke out in December 2013, media and civil rights activities were being closely monitored and curtailed by the authorities and a significant number of journalists and right activists were either kidnapped, arrested, harassed, killed or force to flee the country, however, when a political civil war broke out on December 15, 2013, media censorship had to be enforced to the maximum and independent journalism became not an option to be tolerated. State officials and national security apparatus have constantly warned against reporting of anything that is not approved by the government and this led to mass killing of journalists and shutdown of independent media outlets that report balanced news and opinions. Both local and foreign journalists have faced life threatening challenges including death on duty in South Sudan; however, with enough financial independence and support from our readers, sympathizers and well-wishers, SSNN is determined to improve relationships with authorities and politicians, and maintain journalism free of commercial bias and not influenced by politicians, authorities and stakeholders.

Sustained support from our readers and sympathizers will enable us to train and better equip our investigative journalists to continue pursuing difficult stories in unstable political environments and front lines both in challenging times of political upheaval, when factual reporting has never been more critical and on demand.

The South Sudan News Now is editorially independent – our journalism is proud to maintain its independence and ensure that no one edits our editors and steers our opinion. This is important because it enables us to give a voice to the voiceless, who are the majority, and challenge the powerful to hold them to account. Readers and well-wishers support means we can continue bringing The SSNN independent journalism to the world.

Please make your contribution today to help us improve and deliver the most needed independent journalism from the world’s youngest nation for 2020 and beyond.

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