zaterdag 20 juni 2009

AU committe accused to work in defence of government

DARFUR (19 June) The displaced people accused the AU committee of elders headed by former South African president, Thabo Mbeki, that they only work for defense of the Sudanese government and not Darfur and its people. Al Shgelly Abel Rahman Al Thaier, leader of elders at the displaced people camps told Radio Dabanga that Mbeki and his committee did not move except that when president Omer Al Bashir was indicted by the International Criminal Court and his government. Al Shgelly asked: where was Mbeki committee when crimes were committed?

Government cut fuel supplies camp Kassab

KASSAB (19 June) The government cut fuel supplies from displaced people camp at Kassab, which is being used for the operation of mills. Since wednesday people are suffering. The eyewitnesses told Radio Dabanga that the displaced people were left to eat grain without being milled because of the stoppage of the mills at the camps.

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Welcome on the Radio Darfur Blogspot page. On this blog we will post our news about Darfur.

As of 15 November Radio Dabanga is on air, a radio by Darfuri for Darfuri. Starting 1 December, news and information programmes will commence. Radio Dabanga reports from inside Sudan as well as abroad, producing independent news and relevant information for all Darfuri: city folk, villagers and herdsman, IDP’s, Refugees, Darfuri abroad and in Sudan.
Radio Dabanga will broadcast in vernacular languages, so that everyone in Darfur can understand the latest news about Darfur and its population. Programming starts in three local languages and will soon expand to four.

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 NGO’s. Radio Dabanga is conceived, operated and facilitated by Press Now in the Netherlands.