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.

This information was provided by Peter, the editor-in-chief of Radio Tamazuj, who asked to go by a pseudonym for security reasons. 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.

Peter added that in a country where literacy rates remain low, radio also serves as an important tool for education and communication around the rapidly changing context on the ground. He noted that even decisionmakers would tune into the radio station and use its content to inform policy.

Source: Devex