Late journalist Charlton Doki was a Co-Host for Voice of America’s South Sudan In-Focus program.

Charlton 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) – also a project of the Education Development Center and as a Copy Editor and Senior Reporter for the Sudan Mirror newspaper.

Charlton loved telling stories as a child and later became passionate about providing information to enable people to make informed choices and decisions.

While practicing, Charlton studied Master’s in Monitoring and Evaluation from Uganda.

Condolence Messages

VOA’s Michael Atit;

“It’s with heartbroken and devastated news that our editor late Charlton Doki whom I worked with for the past few years died. He was a very professional editor and mentor as well as very diplomatic.

‘He worked professionally, he tried, by all means, to ensure that his work and everything you did together was to all standards and professional journalism.

“So, we are mourning a true hero in the media fraternity, this is a loss for the media fraternity in South Sudan.”

VOA reporter Gai: “I am so sad to have learned about the untimely death of Charlton Doki, he has been my mentor. Just yesterday we were sitting together with him and this morning unfortunately, I heard he got involved in an accident that took his life, I am devastated,

“Charlton was a man I can’t compare with anything, he was dedicated to his job and worked with journalists, mentored them, and supported them in their work. it’s a great loss to have lost him at this time.

“Charlton was a committed journalist with a good heart – who understood the situation of the journalists always and as in solidarity with them and encouraged them to do their work.”

Dennis Logonyi of Classic FM said: “It is so sad at the moment, we feel sudden with this current situation we are in, we have nothing to say but we know the Almighty Lord who has taken his soul to the right place.

“We will always miss you, we love you and will continue to love you as one of our brothers, a colleague, and friends in the media fraternity.

“You have left a very big gap hard to fix  but we are very sure that God will strengthen us the journalists of South Sudan.”