{"id":11445,"date":"2014-11-19T19:32:03","date_gmt":"2014-11-19T23:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=11445"},"modified":"2014-11-19T19:35:50","modified_gmt":"2014-11-19T23:35:50","slug":"sudan-a-failure-to-block-radio-dabanga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/sudan-a-failure-to-block-radio-dabanga\/","title":{"rendered":"Sudan: a “failure to block Radio Dabanga”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RadioDabanga\"<\/a>(Source: Radio Dabanga<\/a> via Andy Sennitt)<\/p>\n

The Sudanese Minister of Information has admitted that attempts by the Sudanese government to prevent broadcasts by Radio Dabanga have failed.<\/p>\n

Minister Ahmed Bilal was speaking in the Council of States on Tuesday. He pointed out the need \u201cto create a number of radio stations to attract listeners and compete with Radio Dabanga, which incites the people\u201d.<\/p>\n

The Minister was facing harsh criticism of the State media from Members including Abdul Jabbar Abdul Karim. Karim accused the state media of not highlighting the facts and lacking integrity and credibility, acknowledging that Radio Dabanga and the Alrakubh website are the most popular news sources for citizens.<\/p>\n

[…]Radio Dabanga broadcasts to Sudan from neighbouring countries via shortwave. The Sudanese censors have tried repeatedly to jam the signal, to little avail.<\/p>\n

In May, a report to the Sudanese parliament acknowledged that that the majority of the people in Darfur and Kordofan prefer Radio Dabanga to any national broadcasting station.<\/p>\n

MP Abdallah Ali Masar, former Media Minister, and currently chairman of the Transport Committee, commented by saying that his wife listens to Radio Dabanga \u201cday and night. Every day, when I come home, I find her listening to Radio Dabanga.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read the full article on Radio\u00a0Dabanga’s website.<\/a><\/p>\n

[Bravo, Radio Dabanga!]<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: Radio Dabanga via Andy Sennitt) The Sudanese Minister of Information has admitted that attempts by the Sudanese government to prevent broadcasts by Radio Dabanga have failed. Minister Ahmed Bilal was speaking in the Council of States on Tuesday. He pointed out the need \u201cto create a number of radio stations to attract listeners and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[869,3,43],"tags":[870,338,19,84],"class_list":["post-11445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clandestine","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-clandestine-radio","tag-radio-dabanga","tag-sudan","tag-why-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2YB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11664,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/radio-dabanga-sudan-to-launch-20-radio-stations\/","url_meta":{"origin":11445,"position":0},"title":"Radio Dabanga: Sudan to launch 20 radio stations","author":"Thomas","date":"December 11, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Radio Dabanga\u00a0via Andy Sennitt) Coming January, Sudan will launch ten shortwave radio stations in Darfur, and ten in South Kordofan The new radio stations will present programmes in local dialects, to counter the broadcasts by Radio Dabanga, in an attempt to reduce its impact on the populations of those\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"RadioDabanga","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/RadioDabanga.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":64992,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/radio-dabanga-is-struggling-after-cuts-to-usaid\/","url_meta":{"origin":11445,"position":1},"title":"Radio Dabanga is Struggling After Cuts to USAID","author":"Thomas","date":"December 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Bill Patalon for sharing this thoughtful NPR piece about Radio Dabanga---an Amsterdam-based broadcaster that serves as a lifeline for listeners in war-torn Sudan. 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