The main printing press in South Sudan’s capital Juba has broken down, preventing all of the newspapers from going to print. 

The Universal Printing Press informed its clients of a technical problem at the printer that is currently being resolved, Radio Miraya reported.

Victor Keri Wani, deputy editor-in-chief of The Citizen, said his paper was not on the market since Saturday: “There is no alternative. We used to have our own printer for many of the past years, we have been printing here … because our printer is the older type.”

“We can hardly get spare parts in nearby countries like Kenya and Uganda but we were able to maintain it for a number of years. It was only about six months ago that we switched to this Universal Printing Press because they have got relatively modern equipment.”