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Thank you very much for your very informative and reliable news reports on Liberia. We Liberians in the US are very grateful to you for this excellent work. My regards to the entire Stars Radio News Team. Dr. A. A, March 19, 1998

Dear sir, can u tell me when the electricity nd the water will be available in Liberia , because my hotel was destroyed during the war , and i am afraid to refix the building . what do you advise me? can i put an advertsement with the star radio nd how much it will cost me. best rgds.

THANKS TO YOU AND THE STAFF OF STAR RADIO FOR BROADCASTING MY FAMILY SEACH MESSAGES ON YOUR STATION.MANY OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS ARE IN TOUCH W/H ME BECAUSE OF YOUR RADIO STATION. I HOPE FOR FULL PEACE IN LIBERIA AND ALL THE WARRING PARTS OF THE WOLRD. AGAIN MANY THANKS TO ALL THE STAFF AND MANAGEMENT OF STAR RADIO.MY FAMILY AND I DEEPLY APPRECIATE YOUR HELPED IN HELPING US CONNECTS. REGARDS. G.D.G.

Please include me on your list for news from Liberia. Thanks for your good work. We are fortunate to have a news agency like yours. Thanks, J.E.M.

Star radio is doing an excellent job. I am thoroughly impressed with the news that I receive. Receiving STAR news keeps me informed and connects me to my country, though I am so far away. I am in total support of all that you do and pray that your news reporting remains informative with integrity, and in fact, assist the Government to keep Democracy alive in Liberia. Whatever I can do to assist, please let me know. Sincerely, Rev. Dr. L. K. B.

I am extending my thanks and appreciation to your News Organization. I look forward to your news on the internet everyday about Liberia. It's like waiting for "manna" to fall from heaven... Please continue the good work. Yours respectfully, N.B.K.T

I have just been informed about your subscription for Star Radio News for Liberia. We have been missionaries in Liberia for many years and are now in the states. We would really like to keep up on the news. Please send me the Star Radio News for Liberia. Thanks, J.A.

Thank you very much for your very informative and reliable news reports on Liberia. We Liberians in the US are very grateful to you for this excellent work. My regards to the entire Stars Radio News Team. Dr. A. N. A

Many thanks for the Daily News... Your bulletins will be made available to Africa Centre Library visitors and will be useful for our programme officers and our own radio staff. We are a charitable organisation and any sources will, of course, be quoted. Regards. D.H.

Dear sir, can u tell me when the electricity nd the water will be available in Liberia , because my hotel was destroyed during the war , and i am afraid to refix the building . what do you advise me? can i put an advertsement with the star radio nd how much it will cost
me. best rgds. F.

Congratulations on an excellent job.on behalf of all liberians recieving your news reports-thank you. may i ask that you consider as part of your daily or weekly format, any info you can get on the counties of liberia.

I am a Liberian Citizen, living in the US in Lincoln, NE. I am very excited to subscribe to your STAR RADIO NEWS, as it is difficult to receive accurate news about the reconstruction activities in Liberia.

Thanks very much for the daily news update. We at the Coalition of Progressive Liberians in the Americas (COPLA) are pleased with the timely delivery. Keep up the good work. B.S.

I am a faithful reader of your news letters and I would first like to say that I am very thankful for such an organization such as yours. I feel you do a pretty good job staying non bias in your interpretation of the news. Your truly. B.C (USA)

It would be greatly appreciated if I could receive on a regular basis the 'Star Radio News' with the news about Liberia and other parts of West. Africa. Since I have worked in Liberia for over 20 years I remain greatly interested in whatever happens there and in future developments. With thanks. S.v.G. (Holland)

Please, place me on your e-mail list for news as it is broadcasted daily on your radio station in Monrovia. I am very much interested in the developments in Liberia and the important role you with the radio station play in the peace process in Liberia. Truly yours, D.A.

Dear friends, On behalf of the Union of Liberian Associations in the Americas, (ULAA) and in my own name, we wish to thank you for providing such wonderful services through Star Radio in Liberia - to Liberians at home and abroad. We are based in the United States and represent more than 100,000 Liberians.... Liberians in the U.S. depend wholly on Star Radio's daily news to provide information of events as they unfold in Liberia. ULAA can assure you of our continuous support for this invaluable service. Thank you again for this service and we hope and pray for its continuation. Respectfully, A. E. M, Chairman, ULAA's Board of Directors,USA

This is a letter of thanks for the information you are providing for Liberians like me. I live in the U.S... But I still like to keep up with the going-ons in Liberia. Everyone that I love (mom, and dad especially) is still living in Liberia. Star Radio is my only reliable source of current day to day information from Liberia. I want you to know that you are doing me a great favor. Keep up the good work, and thank you very much- Star Radio. I'll always look for you on the internet. Thanks, G.

Dear Staff of Star Radio Monrovia ! As a retired ambassador of Liberia ... I am deeply interested in your daily news bulletin. T.T, March 2 1998.

Thanks for the wonderful and excellent job you and your staff are doing in keeping Liberians in and outside of the country of what's going on about Liberia. On behalf of the many Liberians living here in CANADA, I want to say thank you and keep up the good work. M.P. (Canada)

I just want to say many thanks 4 keeping us (Liberians) abreast with news from our motherland. Could U please update the Liberian soccer players in the U.S. about the present national League in Liberia? There are a lot of second and Third division Liberian Players in the U.S. I specifically play 4 Fulani and will like to know the status of the
league. Thanks in advance.

Dear sir, Being a Liberian studying outside I find it very necessary to know about
my country almost every day and Star Radio Daily News provides the up to date on Liberia. I very much appreciate your expedeint service and I wish you all the success. Thanks A S, Malaysia.

Dear sir, I am a liberian living in the united states of america. I am trying to
find some family menbers and was wondering if your radio station can make some
public announcement on my behalf. in the grebo language. Thanks J.N.E.

Greetings, I am a former Peace Corps volunteer from Grand Gedeh Co, now a professor of medicine at the University of Massachusetts. I have often wondered about the well-being of the villagers with whom I lived in River Gbeh, and have had no information from informed sources as to the status of this village.... Thank you for your help in re-establishing ties, if at all possible. Sincerely, J.D.K.

Mr. Manager, I am interested in receiving regular and up-to-date NEWS from Liberia. I have developed a personal web site and I would like to add Liberian and other African news on my site for further dissemination. Thanks very much. J.S.

Independent Star Radio, which like Taylor's own Liberia Communications Network, were the only stations which remained open and broadcast news throughout the crisis, quoted Taylor on Saturday as giving orders for anyone caught looting to be shot on sight. Three other radio stations in Monrovia went off the air. IRIN, Special Liberia, Sept. 21, 1998.

Just to say - well done on coverage over the weekend.... We have posted all your reports on the private section of AlertNet for our members. Thanks and bonne continuation! S.A.

Star Radio is to be commended for their solid, factual, comprehensive coverage of the civil disturbance over the weekend. Star journalists stayed on the air and moved around the city gathering as much information as the situation permitted. Star instituted an hourly update that Monrovians across the city turned to for their information as the crisis evolved. In addition, Star carried President Taylor's speech live on Saturday and have consistently carried all of the government of Liberia's releases. Throughout the crisis, Star broadcast only stories that they could verify. They did not engage in any speculation on the crisis and proved to be the station that Monrovians consistently turned to for information. Star continues to actively follow the situation seeking information from all parties involved in the conflict. The government of Liberia has also lauded Star's coverage recognizing how their factual coverage in English and vernacular languages contained the level of panic in the city, country, and abroad. Star was the source of all the first international news stories on the situation and instituted a series of special e-mail updates on the situation. Once again, Star has played a pivotal role in assuaging Liberians' fear and controlling the spread of rumors in the country. Bravo! Star Radio! T.L.

On a personal note, I found Star's coverage to be the most reliable source of information, far exceeding information that could be provided by the radio nets of various NGOs and UN. T.L

Thank you for the good job. I wake up each morning and read the latest news from Liberia, as if I am listening to a BBC Report. I am proud of the work you are doing. Your contribution to national development by transmitting development communiation is a valuable asset in nation-build. You have braved all odds to keep the news line for Liberians at home and abroadopen. Never before in the history of Liberia has such a noble feat been achieved. You are a shining example of a valuable tool that is needed in the redevelopment of Liberia. Even during the glory days of the DAILY OBSERVE wherein newspapers were sent abroad for sale, Liberia did not receive world attention as much as what you have created. Keep the good work and may God bless your hands. Extend my sincere thanks and appreciation to my colleagues. J.S.K (USA)

Dear friends, I work in Liberia as stringer for the Voice of America and Reuters, but presently vacationing in the United States. Anxious to keep an eye on events back in Liberia, I would like to access your Star Radio news bulletin from Monrovia via e-mail or whatever. J.K.
FH, septembre 1998
... à propos de Radio Agatashya

Je ne connais qu'une seule exception, réussie, (...): c'est Radio-Hirondelle, financée par les Suisses pour émettre dans la région des Grands Lacs. Je crois que cette radio a contribué à atténuer la haine entre les différents groupes ethniques consécutive au génocide de 1994 au Rwanda. Une ONG américaine (ndlr. Search for Common Ground) a également installé un studio à Bujumbura, qui fonctionnait bien et travaillait avec Radio-Hirondelle. Ahmedou Ould Abdallah, ancien représentant spécial du Secrétaire général des Nation Unies au Burundi, La diplomatie pyromane, ed. Calmann-Lévy, Paris 1997, p. 122.

Je partage entièrement votre approche sur le devoir des médias, principalement radiodiffusés, de contribuer à l'avancement des valeurs de paix et de justice dans la région des Grands Lacs. Je me réjouis également du fait qu'un média indépendant à vocation humanitaire tel que le votre ait décidé d'assurer quotidiennement la couverture des procès à Arusha. Juge Richard Goldstone, Procureur du Tribunal Pénal International pour le Rwanda, La Haye, 8.8.1996.

An independent radio station, Radio Agatashya (envisaged from as early as may) was set up by the Swiss branch of Reporters sans frontières. Supported by and working closely with UNHCR and the ICRC, it began to broadcast counter-propaganda, mainly in Kinyarwanda, as well as practical information about hygene and food distribution. Rwanda: Death, Despair and Defiance, p. 655 African Rights, London, september 1994.

Radio Agatashya (...) a comblé un vide que, peut-être à cette époque, seule une radio étrangère pouvait combler. Mue par une grande déontologie professionnelle et par une profonde connaissance de la région, Radio Agatashya s'est rapidement fait, dans la région, un nom qui est respecté de tous ce qui sont épris de justice et de vérité. Serge Chappatte, Direction de la Coopération et du Développement du gouvernement suisse. Berne, 12 avril 1995

Il faut souligner l'importance d'une radio comme Agatashya. Dans le contexte de cette région (...) les informations objectives, neutres, sont indispensables. Carrol Faubert, Envoyé Spécial du Haut Commissaire des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés en Afrique centrale, 4 août 1995

La région était plongée dans un conflit très meurtrier et la Radio des Milles Collines avait joué un rôle néfaste. Lorsque, pour faire face à cela, un groupe d'hommes et de femmes à décidé de créer une radio pour pacifier les coeurs, il était de notre devoir d'aider (...) cette initiative. C'est ce que nous avons fait et nous ne le regrettons pas. Pierre Lumbi, ex ministre zaïrois des PTT, 26 juillet 1995

C'est une très bonne radio! Elle fait ce que nous ne faisons pas! Elle donne des faits, elle ne verse pas dans les commentaires, qui poussent nos journalistes à commettre des erreurs. J'apprécie le courage de ses collaborateurs. Charles Ndayiziga, ex Directeur général de la Radio et Tv nationale du Burundi, 3 août 1995

Rwandan refugees, as most African refugees, are avid radio listeners. UNHCR (...) has begun to collaborate with Radio Agatashya, an independent station, to provide information to refugees. Rwandan government radio is also available. These and any other available radio broadcasts should provide more intensive information to refugees about conditions in Rwanda (...) in an effort to erode gradually the powerful negative propaganda assaulting refugees in the camps. Rwandan Refugees: Updated Findings and Recommendations, U.S. Committee for Refugees, Washington, October 25, 1995.


...à propos de la campagne d'information Fondation Hirondelle-HCR pour les réfugiés rwandais

Le but des campagnes d'information dirigées vers les camps est de fournir aux réfugiés une information adéquate qui leur permettra de mieux connaître les conditions de vie actuelles au Rwanda, et de contrecarrer la propagande négative qui sévit dans les camps, de façon à faciliter la décision de rapatriement volontaire. Le Gouvernement a donné son appui à une campagne d'information de masse entérinée par le HCR avec l'appui technique de la Fondation Hirondelle. Gouvernement rwandais, Plan d'action accéléré pour le rapatriement, Consultation Thématique sur le rapatriement, la réinstallation et la réinsertion sociale, Kigali, novembre 1995

Je vous encourage à continuer (...) afin que votre oeuvre serve de témoignage pertinent et indépendant à des populations innocentes qui sont encore prises en otage par les planificateurs et exécuteurs du génocide... Jean-Pierre Bizimana, Ministre rwandais de l'Information, Kigali, 26 septembre 1995

J'ai l'honneur de vous présenter mes sincères félicitations pour l'initiative louable que vous avez pris (...) nous apprécions cette bonne action qui est nécessaire pour permettre aux réfugiés de rentrer au pays. L'implication des autorités locales serait d'une grande utilité. Manzi Bakuramutsa, Ambassadeur permanent du Rwanda auprès des Nations Unies, New York, 19 septembre 1995

Je pense que c'est un programme extrêmement important, parce que tout réfugié qui veut rentrer dans son pays, où que ce soit, doit connaître la situation qu'il trouvera. Il a laissé son pays dans des conditions difficiles (...) il doit savoir s'il pourra y avoir une vie sereine, une vie meilleure que celle des camps de réfugiés. Cornelio Sommaruga, Président du Comité International de la Croix Rouge (CICR), Kigali, 24 octobre 1995

We selected Fondation Hirondelle because we believe they are a neutral party, they are a party that could be relied upon. I belive that its employees are professionals, I trust that they believe in neutrality. Romani Urasa, UNHCR Representative, Kigali, 25 octobre 1995

We certainly support your staff and project in the Great Lake Region. Our admiration for your brave work in the area is extensive. R. Jones, coordinator International Pen, a World Association of writers, London, January 20, 1996



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