Sudan: New Radio to Be Launched in Darfur 27 September

Text of report by private Sudanese newspaper Al-Ra’y al-Amm on 27 September

Sources have disclosed that a radio based in the Netherlands is due to start broadcasting on Saturday [27 September] in the three Darfur states in order to address the IDPs in their tribal dialects of Al-Fur, Zaghawa and Masalit.

The sources told Al-Ra’y al-Amm that in last March, an unknown body based in a Dutch town near the Hague had produced almost 5m pieces of small-size radios, which could be hidden in people’s hands.

The sources further said that the radio had the name of “radio Darfur” written on it in English with the aim of distributing among the IDPs.

According to the sources, the radio, which would be broadcasting from The Hague, would address the IDPs in three specific dialects: Zaghawa, Fur and Masalit. The same sources added that those working on this enterprise had declined to reveal the contents of the programs that would be broadcast or the identity of the body that funds the enterprise.

Originally published by Al-Ra’y al-Amm, Khartoum, in Arabic 27 Sep 08.

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