[HCDX] Eritrean dissident programme observed on Ethiopian state radio

["Alokesh Gupta" <alokeshgupta@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Eritrean dissident programme observed on Ethiopian state radio
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Sunday May 29th, 2005 00:16.

ADDIS ABABA, May 28, 2005 -- BBC Monitoring observed a programme produced by
an Eritrean opposition movement on two shortwave frequencies used by the
external service of Radio Ethiopia, at 1501-1600 gmt on 25 May 2005.
At 1501 gmt on 7165.1 and 9560.3 kHz, following on immediately from a Radio
Ethiopia external service broadcast in Arabic, there was an identification
announcement in Arabic as "Voice of the Democratic Alliance" (Sawt
al-Tahalufa al-Dimuqrati), followed at 1530 gmt by a programme in the Kunama
language. Radio Ethiopia's external service resumed at 1600 gmt with a
broadcast in English.
The Voice of the Democratic Alliance programme is believed to have been on
the air since 21 April 2005, in accordance with the following schedule:
Sunday 1500-1530 gmt in Arabic, 1530-1600 gmt in Tigrinya
Monday 1500-1530 gmt in Arabic, 1530-1600 gmt in Kunama
Tuesday 1500-1530 gmt in Tigrinya, 1530-1600 gmt in Afar
Wednesday 1500-1530 gmt in Arabic, 1530-1600 gmt in Kunama
Thursday 1500-1530 gmt in Tigrinya, 1530-1600 gmt in Afar
Friday 1500-1530 gmt in Arabic, 1530-1600 gmt in Kunama
Saturday 1500-1530 gmt in Tigrinya, 1530-1600 gmt in Afar

Voice of the Democratic Alliance is produced by the Eritrean Democratic
Alliance coalition, an umbrella grouping of 16 opposition parties.
Radio Ethiopia is that country's state broadcaster, and has a website at
http://www.angelfire.com/biz/radioethiopia

http://www.sudantribune.com/article.php3?id_article=9831
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Alokesh Gupta
New Delhi



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