The Citizen (South Sudan)
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The Citizen was an English-language newspaper based in Juba, the national capital of South Sudan and the state capital of Central Equatoria.
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Type | Daily newspaper |
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Format | Tabloid |
Editor | Nhial Bol |
Founded | 2006 |
Language | English |
Ceased publication | 2015 |
Headquarters | Juba, South Sudan |
Website | http://www.citizen-news.net/ |
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The newspaper was first founded during the second period of autonomy for what was then known as Southern Sudan, the ten states in the deep south of the Republic of the Sudan, in 2006.[1] It became South Sudan's largest newspaper when the country formally declared independence on 9 July 2011.
However, in September 2015 the Editor-in-Chief of The Citizen Nhial Bol announced he was resigning and shutting down the newspaper and TV station after government security agents shut down his newspaper's premises, while receiving death threats.