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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Zeinab Mohammed Salih in Khartoum

Sudan journalists defy military rule by forming first union in 30 years

Abdelmoneim Abu Idrees, centre, celebrates his election as president of Sudan’s first independent journalists’ union for 30 years.
Abdelmoneim Abu Idrees, centre, celebrates his election as president of Sudan’s first independent journalists’ union for 30 years. Photograph: Ashraf Shazly/AFP/Getty Images

Sudanese journalists have formed the country’s first independent union in more than three decades.

Abdulmoniem Abu Idrees, 58, Khartoum correspondent for the Agence France-Presse news agency, was elected the union’s first president in a vote on Sunday.

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