Abidjan, 30 April, 2009. 147 Community Radio stakeholders from more than 30 countries gathered in Abidjan, Côte d’ivoire from 27-30 April, for the 4th Pan African Conference. They analized the challenges to development and the situation of CR in Africa and defined actions for “increasing the effectiveness of Community Radio in Poverty Reduction, Good Governance and Climate Change Adaptation”. The Conference ended today with the adoption of the Abidjan Declaration, the election of a new Board of Directors, the adoption of amendments to the AMARC Africa Constitution; and force lines for the strategic plan of AMARC Africa for 2009-2013. For further information visit: http://www.amarc.org/index.php?p=Pan_African_Conferences

Montreal, March 24, 2009 – Radio Voices Without Frontiers (RVSF), a 24 hours world multilingual radio broadcast, traveled for eleventh time all the continents this March 21 2009. Produced by the Radio members of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC), the international broadcast commemorated the UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. For further information please go to : http://www.rvsf.amarc.org .

Montreal, 17 March, 2009. The regulatory body, Conseil National de Régulation de l’Audiovisuel (CNRA), ordered last Saturday and Sunday, the sealing off of the transmitters of 3 community radios : Radio Oxyjeunes, Radio Afia and Radio Djolof which broadcast respectively from the working class neighborhoods of Pikine and Grand–Yoff in the capital city Dakar and from Liguère, a rural city in the north east of the country.

March 11, 2009, Montreal. – The World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters Women’s International Network (AMARC-WIN) celebrated Women’s international day with a 24-hour Worldwide Webcast remembering the effects of the global crises on women in local communities. Listen to the archives of the AMARC-WIN international broadcast on http://march8.amarc.org

March 6, 2009 Montreal – This March 8th, the Women's International Network of the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC-WIN) will celebrate Women's International Day with a 24-hour Webcast dedicated to women and gender issues. The Webcast will begin at 1:00 am GMT on Saturday March 8. To see a more detailed schedule and for further information visit our website www.march8.amarc.org