''Al Ayam'' is a daily Sudanese newspaper.
It is the oldest independent newspaper in Sudan.
''Al Ayam'' was founded by
Mahjoub Mohamed Salih in 1958.
Twice closed by the Sudanese government during the 1960s, it became a product of it in 1970.
Salih did not publish it again until 1986.
It was again closed from 1989 to 2000.
In 2004, it was again closed, primarily for its reporting on the crisis in Darfur.
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, isbn=978-0-8444-0750-0, edition=5th, location=Washington, D.C., pages=271–275, postscript=. {{PD-notice Though published in 2015, this work covers events in the whole of Sudan (including present-day South Sudan) until the 2011 secession of South Sudan. The Sudanese minister of justice ordered prosecutors in March 2004 to end indefinite closure of newspapers without trial.
Nevertheless, Al-Ayamreported instances of harassment by security forces in 2006.
As of 2011, ''Al-Ayam'' had a daily circulation of 18,000 to 20,000 copies per day.
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Newspapers published in Sudan
Newspapers established in 1958
1958 establishments in Sudan
Arabic-language newspapers