{"id":64992,"date":"2025-12-22T07:25:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T11:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=64992"},"modified":"2025-12-22T07:25:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T11:25:19","slug":"radio-dabanga-is-struggling-after-cuts-to-usaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/radio-dabanga-is-struggling-after-cuts-to-usaid\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Dabanga is Struggling After Cuts to USAID"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor Bill Patalon for sharing this thoughtful NPR piece<\/a> about Radio Dabanga—an Amsterdam-based broadcaster that serves as a lifeline for listeners in war-torn Sudan. Radio Dabanga is facing a funding crisis after major cuts to foreign aid, including U.S. Agency for International Development support.<\/p>\n

For many Sudanese, Radio Dabanga has been one of the only reliable ways to receive verified information about safety, displacement, and daily developments as violence continues and local media infrastructure collapses. But with its budget shrinking and broadcasts reduced, the station\u2019s future–and with it a rare independent voice for Sudanese listeners–is now uncertain.<\/p>\n

Click here to read the full story at NPR.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. Radio Dabanga is facing a funding crisis after major cuts to foreign aid, including U.S. Agency for International Development support. For many Sudanese, Radio Dabanga has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[3339,20,338],"class_list":["post-64992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-bill-patalon","tag-npr","tag-radio-dabanga"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gUg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11445,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/11\/sudan-a-failure-to-block-radio-dabanga\/","url_meta":{"origin":64992,"position":0},"title":"Sudan: a “failure to block Radio Dabanga”","author":"Thomas","date":"November 19, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"(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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Clandestine"","block_context":{"text":"Clandestine","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/clandestine\/"},"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":954,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/radio-dabanga-broadcasters-risk-their-lives-in-sudan\/","url_meta":{"origin":64992,"position":1},"title":"Radio Dabanga broadcasters risk their lives in Sudan","author":"Thomas","date":"November 25, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I've been following the story of journalists with Radio Dabanga who've been arrested for reporting independent news that has been critical of the Sudanese government. I should mention that, for those living in the Darfur region of Sudan, Radio Dabanga is one of the only news outlets available. Thirteen people\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\/2010\/11\/RadioDabanga.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":11664,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/radio-dabanga-sudan-to-launch-20-radio-stations\/","url_meta":{"origin":64992,"position":2},"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":55559,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/radio-tamazul-and-radio-dabanga-broadcast-coordination\/","url_meta":{"origin":64992,"position":3},"title":"Radio Tamazul and Radio Dabanga broadcast coordination?","author":"Thomas","date":"February 2, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jeff (KJ7LTU), who writes: Thomas, I was wondering if you, or your readers, know if Radio Tamazuj and Radio Dabanga are coordinating their broadcasting efforts? This last Sunday I picked up their transmission on 15550 kHz. Radio Tamazul signs off at 15:57 UTC and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "International Broadcasting"","block_context":{"text":"International Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/international-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/RadioDabanga.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":22115,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/oxford-shortwave-log-dxing-in-the-tropical-rainforest-of-para-brazil-part-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":64992,"position":4},"title":"Oxford Shortwave Log: DXing in the tropical rainforest of Par\u00e1, Brazil \u2013 part 2","author":"Clint Gouveia","date":"November 6, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Hi there, here is part 2 of my reception videos taken in the tropical rainforest of\u00a0Par\u00e1, Northern Brazil. As I mentioned in my previous post, I took a Tecsun PL-680 with me on the trip because I didn't want to risk losing or trashing one of my precious vintage portables\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "AM"","block_context":{"text":"AM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/am\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"img_9956","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/IMG_9956-300x225.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":25206,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/04\/symposium-marking-the-90th-anniversary-of-international-radio-broadcasting-in-the-netherlands\/","url_meta":{"origin":64992,"position":5},"title":"Symposium marking the 90th anniversary of international radio broadcasting in the Netherlands","author":"Thomas","date":"April 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Jonathan Marks, who shares the following details about the\u00a0\u2018Keep in touch with the Dutch\u2019:\u00a0Symposium marking the ninetieth anniversary of international radio broadcasting in the Netherlands, 1927-2017: (Source: Historici.nl via Jonathan Marks) 'Keep in touch with the Dutch': Symposium marking the ninetieth anniversary of international\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\/2017\/04\/Phillips-Transmitters-Towers-Antennas-Towers.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64992"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64992\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64993,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64992\/revisions\/64993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}