<p>Sudan banned two newspapers and two television stations on Tuesday, saying they had received funding from the government of former president Omar al-Bashir who was ousted last year following protests.</p>.<p>The decision was made by a committee tasked by Sudan's transitional authorities with dismantling institutions linked to Bashir and his defunct National Congress Party.</p>.<p>The ban covers the dailies Al-Sudani and Al-Ray Al-Am and satellite channels Ashrooq and Teeba along with their parent companies, according to committee member Taha Othman.</p>.<p>"These institutions were funded by the state and we want to return the money to the Sudanese people," said Mohamed al-Fekki, a member of Sudan's transitional ruling council.</p>.<p>By Tuesday evening, Ashrooq and Teeba channels stopped broadcasting.</p>.<p>Diaa al-Din Belal, Al-Sudani's editor-in-chief, denied receiving funds from Bashir's government.</p>.<p>"We operate under a private company and we did not receive any funds from a party or a government authority," he told AFP.</p>.<p>Bashir was ousted last April after mass protests against his three-decade rule rocked Sudan for months.</p>.<p>Sudan is currently ruled by a civilian-majority body formed after a power-sharing deal signed in August by protest leaders and the generals who ousted Bashir.</p>.<p>In December, Bashir was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for corruption in the first of several cases against the ousted autocrat.</p>.<p>He was charged with illicitly receiving millions of dollars from Saudi Arabia.</p>
<p>Sudan banned two newspapers and two television stations on Tuesday, saying they had received funding from the government of former president Omar al-Bashir who was ousted last year following protests.</p>.<p>The decision was made by a committee tasked by Sudan's transitional authorities with dismantling institutions linked to Bashir and his defunct National Congress Party.</p>.<p>The ban covers the dailies Al-Sudani and Al-Ray Al-Am and satellite channels Ashrooq and Teeba along with their parent companies, according to committee member Taha Othman.</p>.<p>"These institutions were funded by the state and we want to return the money to the Sudanese people," said Mohamed al-Fekki, a member of Sudan's transitional ruling council.</p>.<p>By Tuesday evening, Ashrooq and Teeba channels stopped broadcasting.</p>.<p>Diaa al-Din Belal, Al-Sudani's editor-in-chief, denied receiving funds from Bashir's government.</p>.<p>"We operate under a private company and we did not receive any funds from a party or a government authority," he told AFP.</p>.<p>Bashir was ousted last April after mass protests against his three-decade rule rocked Sudan for months.</p>.<p>Sudan is currently ruled by a civilian-majority body formed after a power-sharing deal signed in August by protest leaders and the generals who ousted Bashir.</p>.<p>In December, Bashir was sentenced to two years' imprisonment for corruption in the first of several cases against the ousted autocrat.</p>.<p>He was charged with illicitly receiving millions of dollars from Saudi Arabia.</p>