South Sudan’s national TV goes off air ahead of broadcast on Heglig’s seizure
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- April 14, 2012 (JUBA) – South Sudan’s national TV went off air since Friday, failing the nation to broadcast the presence of its forces in the captured disputed town of Heglig or Panthou, depending on where you are. On Friday the TV programmed to display the aftermath of the fighting in the town on the only TV station serving the nation when technicians unexpectedly reported failure to do so. Technicians working at the station told Sudan Tribune that they experienced a technical problem as they were preparing to show the pictures of the town after it was captured by the SPLA, which included the pictures of hundreds of the dead soldiers of the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF). However, the technical failure made some citizens to suspect an act of sabotage by what they said could be "Sudan’s agents working at the station". It was not the first time the TV failed to broadcast important messages. A similar failure to broadcast occurred when the President of the Republic, Salva Kiir Mayardit, was returning from the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, after he met with President Omer Hassan Al Bashir last month. (ST) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob?hl=en.
