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JOHANNESBURG – Following a meeting between Egyptian and Sudanese intelligence, Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) has directed the country’s newspapers to stop their hostile media campaign against Egypt, the Sudan Tribune reported.
The NISS media department circulated a memo directing newspaper editors to avoid raising controversial issues affecting the relationship between the two countries.
Sudan directs newspapers to stop media attacks on Egypthttps://t.co/YNw434KZTX pic.twitter.com/rED7lKUjQh
— Sudan Tribune (@SudanTribune_EN) March 12, 2018
Egyptian-Sudanese relations have been strained over various issues including the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, the dispute on the border area of Halayeb, and mutual recriminations of supporting terrorism by the other side.
