"A beacon of journalism through the civil war", "a voice for the voiceless", "brave and courageous", "gracious and committed" are just some of the tributes being paid to South Sudanese journalist and politician Alfred Taban, whose death was announced over the weekend.
Taban, a former reporter for the BBC World Service's Focus on Africa and Network Africa programmes in Sudan's capital Khartoum, was the founder and former editor-in-chief of the Khartoum Monitor.
