Northern Sudan: IMS support for media development

International efforts to promote sustainable peace in Sudan have intensified since the last half of 2001 and further accelerated in 2002. In order to support these efforts an IMS staff member visited northern Sudan from 2 – 11 June 2002 and identified potential avenues for rapid IMS assistance to the Sudanese media.

The IMS mission was carried out in close collaboration with DanChurchAid, for which IMS would like to express its gratitude.

The focus of this document is on the media in the government controlled northern Sudan. IMS is keenly aware of the need for intensified focus also on the needs and aspirations of the media community of southern Sudan, mainly in the hands of the SPLA, and a supplementary mission with this focus is under consideration.