South Sudan media regulatory authority will now incorporate the country’s national intelligence, according to an order that was signed into law by President Salva Kiir, a situation, according to OSINT sources, that puts a lock to full independence of the private media in South Sudan.
Intelligence analysis has it that reporters both in the government and private sectors will be stiffly regulated in the type of content they will report on.
South Sudan officials last week told journalists that security operatives must be given the power to arrest, detain and take to court reporters who write news the government sees false or infringing on national security.
The Media Authority and Broadcasting Corporation, the new media regulatory authority in South Sudan, will regulate operations of both public and private media in the country.
According to intelligence sources, content that will have a potential of compromising the security of South Sudan will not be allowed to the readership both in the local and international domain.
