Sudan editor says arrested after story on gov't pay

A Sudanese newspaper editor said on Saturday he had been detained after publishing an article criticizing high salaries paid to officials in south Sudan's ministry of legal affairs.

Nhial Bol, editor and owner of the daily Citizen newspaper, said he had been accused of defamation and spreading false information. Freedom of the press was guaranteed under a 2005 peace deal but editors and journalists in both north and south Sudan complain of continued censorship, print-run seizures and harassment. (Reuters)