La Voix de Djibouti”

Djibouti opposition station, La Voix de Djibouti, is back on SW, Sundays at 1400-1500 UTC on 17870. Heard today (21 June) with a weak signal in Reading, UK, but much stronger on an SDR in Kuwait.

Broadcast started at 1400 UTC in vernaculars (possibly Afar or Somali) followed by some segments in Arabic and French when the ID “La Voix de Djibouti” was heard. Off abruptly at 1459 UTC after short Horn of Africa music.

Website https://lavoixdedjibouti.info has a recording of a weekly broadcast of Friday 22 May.

This new broadcast was initially reported on 7 June by Ivo Ivanov (Bulgarian SW Blog) with the ID “Radio Vendredi” but its actual on-air name is La Voix de Djibouti, an opposition broadcast which has been on the air in the past.

Thanks to Tony Rogers in UK whose research has helped to identify this. Tony's records show that it was last heard on SW some 10 years ago in 2010.

F. Dave Kenny, Caversham, UK)