Efforts of a radio station to document atrocities and sexual violence in Sudan were halted following the termination of U.S. funding.
Date: 6/26
Region: Africa
Country: Sudan
Topic: Peacebuilding & Stabilization, Gender Equality & Inclusion
Policy Lens: Security & Resilience
Entry Type: Human Impact
Additional Context: This information was collected as part of The Aid Report’s original reporting, “‘We lost their voices’: Sudan radio program falls silent after US aid cuts.” This feature story examines how U.S. aid cuts canceled a radio broadcast that had served Sudanese civilians both as a source of real-time safety information and as a channel to report missing persons, food, water, and shelter needs — intelligence that humanitarian responders relied on to direct assistance where it was most needed.
Terminations to the station's USAID grant resulted in a complete halt of programming in Sudan. Once reaching an estimated two million people, the radio station's reporters hosted a daily news bulletin and talk show covering the humanitarian crisis, safe transit routes, activist arrests, and ongoing discussions among militants. Radio Tamazuj's reporters had documented atrocities and interviewed women who had survived sexual violence in Sudan, seeking to create a record which could support a justice process for victims during peace time.
Source: Devex

