South Sudan news, front pages compared
Crosswire tracks 4 major South Sudan news outlets. Preview their homepages side by side below — switch between two, three and four columns, go compact, or translate every page into your language.
The South Sudan media landscape on Crosswire
Crosswire lays South Sudan's front pages next to one another so you can see which stories lead where, how headlines are framed, and what one outlet foregrounds that another leaves out. All 4 titles tracked in South Sudan sit near the editorial centre in our classification, which is common where the press is dominated by public broadcasters and agencies, or where no confident left/right rating was available. Comparison here is less about political line than about which stories each newsroom judges worth the top of the page.
By kind of outlet, the 4 titles break down as 3 digital-native outlets (Radio Tamazuj, Eye Radio and Sudans Post) and 1 daily newspaper (The City Review). Crosswire lists no public-service broadcaster for South Sudan, so the fixed point in a comparison has to be a wire service or the most widely read daily instead.
South Sudan sits in East Africa, on Crosswire's Africa hub. By outlets tracked it is 7th of the 13 countries in East Africa and 31st of the 45 across Africa, where the average is 4 outlets per country. Its neighbours in East Africa with hubs of their own are Kenya (5), Ethiopia (5), Tanzania (5), Uganda (5), Rwanda (4), Somalia (4), Comoros (4), Djibouti (3), Sudan (3), Mauritius (3), Seychelles (3) and Madagascar (2).
Leaning groupings are approximate guides drawn from widely cited media-bias assessments — see the methodology and what the labels can and can't tell you. Counts are taken from the directory as of .
Which are South Sudan's main news outlets?
Across South Sudan's editorial spectrum, Crosswire currently lists near the center, Radio Tamazuj, Eye Radio, Sudans Post and The City Review. Each outlet below links to a full profile — its facts, editorial leaning and a live front-page preview — and the comparison view above shows any of them side by side.
Independent news service covering South Sudan and the Sudan–South Sudan borderlands, operated from outside the country to preserve editorial independence. Broadcasting in Juba Arabic and English and publishing a bilingual news site, it is a leading source on South Sudanese politics, conflict and humanitarian affairs, and its reporting has periodically drawn blocking attempts by authorities in Juba.
Juba-based radio station operated by Eye Media, which grew out of the donor-funded Sudan Radio Service and launched under its current name in 2013. Broadcasting nationally in English, Juba Arabic and local languages with international donor support, it is one of South Sudan's most listened-to stations, and its website provides continuously updated national news.
Independent English-language online newspaper launched in 2019, covering South Sudan and Sudan. Originally headquartered in Juba's Tongpiny district, it faced government pressure in 2020 when security agencies blocked its website domestically and closed its office, but it has continued publishing, reporting on politics, implementation of the peace agreement, security and corruption.
Juba-based English-language newspaper and news site styling itself "the voice of the people". Legally registered in South Sudan, it covers national politics, business, sport and city affairs in the capital, and its active website has made it one of the more consistent domestically produced sources of daily South Sudanese news.
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