International News Safety Institute

21 March 2025  |  CPJ

Farouk Al-Zahir

Incident

Three Sudanese journalists killed in RSF drone strike

Cause of death

Drone strike

Details

The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Sudanese forces to ensure journalist safety following the killing of three Sudanese state television network journalists and their driver in a Friday morning drone strike carried out by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The journalists were reporting on the Sudanese Armed Forces’ (SAF) takeover of the Republican Palace in central Khartoum, according to news reports and a statement by the Sudanese Journalists Syndicate.

The journalists killed were Farouk al-Zahir, producer and director, Magdy Abdel Rahman, a camera operator, Ibrahim Mudawi, an editor and director, who succumbed to his injuries later that day, and the crew’s driver, Wajeh Jaafar. 

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