{"id":25884,"date":"2017-05-20T16:43:07","date_gmt":"2017-05-20T20:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=25884"},"modified":"2017-05-20T16:43:07","modified_gmt":"2017-05-20T20:43:07","slug":"pri-how-a-shortwave-radio-network-is-helping-to-counter-boko-haram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/pri-how-a-shortwave-radio-network-is-helping-to-counter-boko-haram\/","title":{"rendered":"PRI: How a shortwave radio network is helping to counter Boko Haram"},"content":{"rendered":"
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GSM Bohnso School, Cameroon (Photo courtesy of ETOW partner, EduCare Africa)<\/p><\/div>\n

(Source: PRI<\/a>)<\/p>\n

It\u2019s easy to overlook the power of radio, when being hit by a firehose of apps, websites, video and social media. But when you\u2019re out in the sticks, especially if there\u2019s crisis or unrest, radio saves lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn crisis situations, information is very, very important. Sometimes more than food, you need information,” says Faruk Dalhatu, managing director of Dandal Kura Radio International in the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, a former Boko Haram stronghold. \u201cBecause, if you\u2019re on the run, you need to know which direction is safe, before you even think of close family members that have been separated from you.\u201d<\/p>\n

What\u2019s more, you don\u2019t need to know how to read to listen to radio. You don\u2019t even need to own a radio; you can just listen to someone else\u2019s. And if you\u2019ve got a cellphone \u2014 and many people even in remote parts of Africa do \u2014 you can call in and have a voice.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nhttps:\/\/cdn.pri.org\/sites\/default\/files\/whose-century-it\/episode-audio\/wcit45dandalkurafinal.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n

Click here to listen via PRI.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: PRI) It\u2019s easy to overlook the power of radio, when being hit by a firehose of apps, websites, video and social media. But when you\u2019re out in the sticks, especially if there\u2019s crisis or unrest, radio saves lives. \u201cIn crisis situations, information is very, very important. Sometimes more than food, you need information,” says […]<\/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":[3,43],"tags":[4873,4655,84],"class_list":["post-25884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-pri","tag-why-shortwave","tag-why-shortwave-radio"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-6Ju","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13450,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/nigerias-freedom-radio-to-broadcast-via-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":25884,"position":0},"title":"Nigeria\u2019s Freedom Radio to broadcast via shortwave","author":"Thomas","date":"June 3, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Albawaba) Residents of Nigeria's north-east have lived in isolation for two years. 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It was an older book when I checked it out from the local library mid-1970s but what I remember specifically is that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Panasonic-RF-2200-Dial-Angle-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Panasonic-RF-2200-Dial-Angle-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Panasonic-RF-2200-Dial-Angle-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Panasonic-RF-2200-Dial-Angle-1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":64466,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/11\/rnz-pacific-launches-2025-26-cyclone-watch-service-on-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":25884,"position":4},"title":"RNZ Pacific Launches 2025\u201326 Cyclone Watch Service on Shortwave","author":"Thomas","date":"November 2, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Ian Millett (N3CVA), who writes: Thomas, This was posted to the RNZ website at 2 pm NZ time November 1. 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