Africa-Press – South-Sudan. South Sudanese journalists have scheduled Tuesday to pay tributes to respected journalist and Editor Charlton Doki, who died last Thursday in a traffic accident in Juba.
Until his death, Doki was the Coordinator and Editor of Voice of America South Sudan in Focus.
Charlton had graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Mass Communication from the Islamic University in Uganda and a Master’s in International Applied Communication from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) in the United Kingdom whore he emerged as the top student at the time.
Before he took up the position of Coordinator and Editor at VOA South Sudan in Focus, he worked as a Communications Specialist for South Sudan Interactive Radio Instruction (SSIRI) – a project of the Education Development Center (EDC).
He also worked as a Senior Producer for Sudan Radio Service (SRS) -now Eye Radio, as a project of the Education Development Center, and as a Copy Editor and Senior Reporter for the Sudan Mirror newspaper.
His remains will be taken to the family home at the Dar el Salam residential area for viewing Tuesday afternoon before they are flown to Kayunga, District tomorrow – where the wife and children reside – for burial due Thursday.
Relatives, in-laws, friends, well-wishers, members of the Kajo-Keji community, and the public have been invited to a requiem mass scheduled to take place at 3:00 PM on Tuesday.
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