Internews provides humanitarian information to refugees, IDPs and host populations, including radio news programming addressing gender-based violence issues.
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Chad

Chad is a challenging, insecure and volatile environment, bordered by the equally unstable Sudan, the Central African Republic and Libya. Through a network of three FM radio stations Internews broadcasts in six local languages (Arabic, French, Massalit, Dedjo, Zaghawa and Fur) uniting listeners from different cultural and ethnic backgrounds. La Voix du Ouaddai broadcasts from Abéché, Radio Absoun from Iriba and Radio Sila from Goz Beida. These three stations reach most of the Darfuri refugee population and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) living in camps in eastern Chad with news and information from Internews’ humanitarian partners (UN agencies and NGOs). Internews also established a gender-based violence reporting team that produces the region's first radio program dedicated to the needs of refugee women.

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