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Independent radio station will start broadcasting to Darfur

November 20, 2008 (KHARTOUM) – A new radio station went on air Saturday, said reporters of Radio Dabanga, who pledged to report from inside Sudan as well as abroad. News and information programmes will commence on December 1st.

Radio Dabanga
Radio Dabanga
The journalists will broadcast in three vernacular languages—soon to be expanded to four—and said they will produce “independent news and relevant information for all Darfuri: city folk, villagers and herdsmen, IDPs, refugees, Darfuri abroad and in Sudan.”

Radio Dabanga is a project of the Radio Darfur Network, a coalition of Sudanese journalists and international media development organizations, supported by a consortium of international donors, humanitarian community organizations and local NGOs. The radio station is operated by Press Now in the Netherlands.

The station is named for a type of large storage vessel called dabanga (also sometimes written damanga or dabunga), which are used by Sudanese farmers to preserve food.

Farmers tend to hide their valuables at the bottom of these containers, making them both precious and delicate. Thus there is an Arabic adage, “life is brittle as dabanga; roll it slowly.” The radio station commented, “the message of this proverb is that diplomacy is needed in life to solve problems.”

BROADCAST DETAILS: SHORTWAVE

The station broadcasts on shortwave radio at 07:30-08:30 Sudan time on 7315 kHz, 41 meter band, or 13800 kHz, 22 meter band.

BROADCAST DETAILS: SATELLITE

By satellite, Radio Dabanga hosts a programme called “Sawt El Alam” 07:30-08:30 Sudan time on Nile sat, Arab sat and Eutelsat, Radio Channel 3-4.

NileSat 101, 7º West Africa and Middle East
Reception details: 11.765 GHz/H symbol rate: 27.500 FEC: 3-4

Arabsat BADR 4, 26º East Africa and Middle East
Reception details: 11.996 GHz/H symbol rate: 27.500 FEC: 3-4

Hotbird 6, 13.0º East Europe, North Africa and Middle East
Reception details: 12.597 GHz/V symbol rate: 27.500 FEC:3-4

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1 Comment

  • Akol Liai Mager
    Akol Liai Mager

    Independent radio station will start broadcasting to Darfur
    Brilliant Idea and great news for Darfur people. Sudanese people are sick of Racist and Sectarian Radio and Television of Omdurman.

    It was SPLM/A Radio that fed Sudanese with true news, entertainment and education in 80s. Few rights that has been reagained by the Sudanese people so far came as a result of that National SPLM/A Radio, So its sister Dabanga Radio will prevail.

    I know NIF Folks will be very, very angry about these news because they simply don’t want people to hear truth and different views, but who care.

    My appreciation goes to those who established Radio Dabanga.

    And congratulations to New Sudan citizens in the west and particularly Fur people.

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