Free Press Unlimited enables the team of professional Sudanese journalists of Dabanga to do their jobs from the studios in Amsterdam independently. On 18 February 2018, the TV image from Dabanga suddenly went dark. Without any prior notice, the Egyptian company, Nilesat, booted the station off its satellite. Free and independent media in Sudan is heavily suppressed and this was the most recent attempt by the Sudanese government to stifle the freedom of the press.