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Veteran Sudan journalist sees more pressure than ever

He has been a journalist in Sudan for six difficult decades, but with his country's press facing mounting pressure and censorship, Mahjoub Mohamed Salih says his job has never been so difficult.

A reporter since before Sudan's 1956 independence from Britain and Egypt, the 88-year-old founder of independent daily Al-Ayam has been arrested, banned from publishing and even seen his newspaper nationalised.

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