The studio's mission is to counter the inflammatory rhetoric of hate radio by airing programs that promote peace and reconciliation. The studio has a mixed Hutu and Tutsi staff of five experienced journalists, plus production and administrative staff. The Search for Common Ground project director in Burundi serves as the program editor. Burundi national radio broadcasts programs twice a week to refugees. An interview was broadcast with a returnee sitting next to people rumored to have been killed to illustrate that rumors are often wrong.
Radio is by far the most influential means of communication in Somalia, a highly oral society.
The programs make specific links between peace, protection of women and children, and religious traditions. In the past, radio communication was monopolized by the government. However, more recently, the elders of several bitterly embattled clans in 'Somaliland' have remained in radio contact during periods of tension, and radio links have provided vital channels for negotiation. Outside the Greater Horn Video Dialogues in South Africa. The purpose is to create forums with Local Peace Committees to further public debate, dialogue, and the management, if not resolution, of conflict within the communities.