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Nichola Mandil
BBC News, Juba
Tributes are pouring in for veteran Sudanese journalist Mahjoub Mohamed Salih, who has died at the age of 95. South Africa's Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor has blasted Israel's spokesperson for accusing her government of "representing
Mr Salih passed away in the capital of Egypt, Cairo, on Thursday. the interests of [the] Hamas terrorist organisation".
South Sudanese and Sudanese journalists took to social media to express their grief at the passing of a media icon who founded the oldest independent newspaper in Sudan, Al-Ayyam, in 1958. In response Ms Pandor told the BBC "insults are the last resort of a scoundrel".
“We mourn the dean of Sudanese journalists, Mr Mahjoub Mohamed Salih, a fierce warrior on the path of peace and justice, defender of democracy and human rights," wrote journalist Isma’il Kushkush. Ms Pandor, who is in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, to attend the African Union summit, said the international community had a responsibility to bring the Israel-Gaza conflict to an end.
Mr Salih became a journalist in 1949 after joining the Sudanese independence movement from Egypt. "It’s unconscionable that the world has allowed this to carry on for so long," she said.
He rose to prominence when he started covering the war in the western Sudan region of Darfur in 2003. She added that the world needs to prepare for a "two-state solution".
The Sudanese government forced him to close down his newspaper from November 2003 to January 2004 due to his reporting on the crisis in Darfur. Relations between Israel and South Africa have been tense since South Africa filed a case against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), accusing Israel of committing genocide in Gaza - a charge it has rejected.
The Sudanese authorities said the closure was due to Al-Ayaam’s failure to pay taxes. The ICJ ruled that Israel should do everything in its power to avoid killing Palestinians and they should address the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
Mr Salih was also imprisoned several times for his coverage of the war. Following the order, South Africa made an urgent request to the ICJ to consider whether Israel risks breaching the court orders.
In 2005 he received the Golden Pen of Freedom Award by the World Association of Newspapers. Ms Pandor said South Africa will continue to "argue this onslaught on Palestinian people is designed to commit genocide".
Sumaya Elmatbagi, who worked as a reporter for Al-Ayyam newspaper for a number of years, mourned her former editor-in-chief in a moving post. Israel took action after Hamas-led gunmen killed at least 1,200 people and seized 253 hostages in a surprise attack on its territory on 7 October.
“You left us without saying goodbye – even to the homeland that you loved, struggled and fought for it all your life. It has pledged to eliminate Hamas and get the hostages returned.
"You left without completing the story of your beloved city, Bahari, you left far from the land that you loved (Sudan). More than 27,800 Palestinians have been killed and at least 67,000 injured by the war launched by Israel in response, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
“You are gone and the echoes Read more on South Africa's ICJ case against Israel:
of your voice still call us to the values of: freedom, peace, humanity and Israel reined in by ICJ rulings on Gaza - but will it obey?
dignity. We mourn you. We will not forget your memory Mahjoub Mohamed Salih, South Africa files ICJ case accusing Israel of 'genocidal acts'
father and friend of journalists."
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