Radio Tamazuj

Tamazuj means 'blend' in Arabic. The name points at once to the vast diversity of Sudan and South Sudan and to the intermingling of the cultures and peoples between the two countries and marginalised border area between the country. Within the station's broadcast area, there are dozens of tribes, each with its own practices and identity. Nonetheless, the South Sudanese (and Sudanese in border areas) are constantly engaging with each other and influencing each other. Radio Tamazuj embraces 'tamazuj' less as ideology than as reality. This suggests the potential for audiences to be not merely passive consumers of information, but active contributors to the cultural and information forms transmitted by Radio Tamazuj.

Listeners anywhere in Sudan or South Sudan can receive Radio Tamazuj through shortwave radio for two hours per day, one in the morning and one in the evening. The shows daily contain different programmes, ranging from Juba Arabic news, sports news, and vox-pop to a reconciliation programme about peacebuilding and justice initiatives. The station also features reporting on regional, international, and multilateral initiatives related to South Sudanese affairs, as well as reporting on justice, crime, courts, and human rights abuses. Radio Tamazuj news reports also appear on the Radio Tamazuj website - which, however, is blocked in-country - and various social media channels in two languages: Arabic and English.

A network of undercover journalists in South Sudan delivers the daily news with which the Radio Tamazuj journalists can make their broadcasts. The editing team at Radio Tamazuj consists of journalists from the region.

Conflict, Human Rights

According to Free Press Unlimited, in South Sudan in recent years, the state of freedom of expression has been declining rapidly. Journalists and media can no longer report independently and uncensored there.