Mahjoub Mohamed Salih

Mahjoub Mohamed Salih (12 April 1928 – 13 February 2024) was a Sudanese journalist. He was awarded the 2005 Golden Pen of Freedom.

Biography Salih became a journalist in 1949 after joining the Sudanese independence movement from Egypt. He founded the oldest independent newspaper in Sudan, Al Ayam, in 1958. In any case, its journalists have been fined, and sensitive or controversial issues have been confiscated by Sudanese authorities. A new law was put into place requiring that they have to take the journalist to court, instead of immediately punishing them.

Salih died on 13 February 2024, at the age of 95.