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How have the local media contributed to explaining the elections to the people of southern Sudan?
There are six private newspapers, six radio stations, and one television station, Southern Sudan TV, or SSTV as it's known there.
Our reporter in Juba, Uduak Amimo, went out to assess the role and power of south Sudan's news media.
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