West Africa Democracy Radio (WADR) is a trans-territorial, sub-regional broadcaster

Broadcasting

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 based in Dakar

Dakar

Dakar is the capital city and largest city of Senegal. It is located on the Cap-Vert Peninsula on the Atlantic coast and is the westernmost city on the African mainland...

, Senegal

Senegal

Senegal , officially the Republic of Senegal , is a country in western Africa. It owes its name to the Sénégal River that borders it to the east and north...

. WADR is a project of the Open Society Initiative for West Africa

Open Society Initiative for West Africa

Open Society Initiative for West Africa is a West African organization which promotes democratic values. OSIWA "believes that it best serves by sustaining catalytic and innovative initiatives that add value to the efforts of West Africa's civil society." OSIWA also believes in the value of...

 (OSIWA) set up in 2003 to protect and defend the ideals of democratic and open societies by disseminating development information through a network of community radios in the West African sub-region.

The WADR network comprises nearly 40 partner radios in eight West African countries and a chain of correspondents in ten countries in the region. WADR broadcasts in French and English on 94.9 FM in Dakar, via satellite on Astra 4A to sub-Saharan Africa, and streams to the African diaspora

African diaspora

The African diaspora was the movement of Africans and their descendants to places throughout the world—predominantly to the Americas also to Europe, the Middle East and other places around the globe...

 from its website.

In April 2011, Sourcefabric

Sourcefabric

Sourcefabric is a not-for-profit organisation based in Prague, Czech Republic, with branches in Berlin, Germany and Toronto, Canada. Sourcefabric was spun off from the Media Development Loan Fund's Campware project in May 2010.-Software:...

 worked with West Africa Democracy Radio to build a news platform for the station using Airtime

Airtime

Airtime is a free and open source radio management application for remote broadcast automation , and program exchange between radio stations.-History:...

, Newscoop

Newscoop

Newscoop is a free and open source multilingual content management system for news websites, formerly known as Campsite. On January 17, 2011, Sourcefabric announced the renaming of Campsite to Newscoop.-History:...

 and Soundcloud

SoundCloud

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 integration. The project was named as a special distinction winner in the 2011 Knight-Batten Awards for Innovations in Journalism which identify projects developing interactive journalism

Interactive journalism

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