KHARTOUM, March 1: Sudan’s defence minister expelled foreign media from a news conference on Wednesday and compared them to ‘terrorists’, saying that they had fabricated the conflict in Darfur.

“Any foreign correspondent, from any foreign agency, get out — we don’t want you in here,” said Defence Minister Abdel Rahim Mohamed Hussein.

Egypt’s Al Ahram newspaper, Al Jazeera television and even Sudanese journalists representing foreign news agencies were forced to leave the room.

All the foreign journalists had been called and invited to the news conference. Mr Hussein also ejected all television crews and refused to allow journalists to use recording devices.

He compared foreign journalists in Sudan to ‘terrorists’ and said: “The international media has escalated the problem ... because they sent incorrect information.” —Reuters