By John Ikani
Al Jazeera on Sunday Said Sudan revoked the license of Al Jazeera Mubasher, part of the Qatar-based network.
The authorities accused the network of ‘unprofessional’ TV coverage of protests against the military coup.
“The Sudanese authorities announce they revoked the accreditation of Al Jazeera Mubasher and barred its team from working in Sudan,” tweeted the news channel.
Sudan has been gripped by political turmoil since top military leader General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan launched a coup on October 25.
The military coup has triggered mass protests demanding civilian rule. Military has responded with brutal crackdown.
At least 64 protesters have been killed, according to pro-democracy medics, and a police officer has also lost his life.
Al Jazeera has given prominent coverage to the demonstrations and late last year also aired an interview with Burhan.
In November, days after the interview, it said that its Khartoum Bureau Chief Al-Musalami al-Kabbashi had been arrested at his home.
The Editor-in-Chief of the armed forces newspaper Ibrahim al-Hory later accused Kabbashi of publishing “false” information and of airing “old video footage… that instigated strife” in the country.
