John Tor Madira Machier is the Editor-in-Chief of Sudans Post, an independent digital-only news outlet covering the Sudans (Sudan and South Sudan) in English and Arabic. He has over eight years of experience in conflict reporting, political affairs, and investigative journalism. John also contributes to Sudan War Monitor, where he specializes in open-source conflict verification and military analysis. He has reported extensively on digital governance, media freedom, and displacement in the region. A graduate of Cairo University’s Faculty of Mass Communication, he is fluent in English, Arabic, and Nuer. As a Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) Journalism Fellow, John is focused on documenting the digital divide, mobile money access, and state-citizen digital interactions in South Sudan.
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