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International news stories often tell of war and unrest in places like Sudan and Kenya. In fact, President George W. Bush is right now on a tour of Africa, talking about any US role in those countries and elsewhere on the continent. And a andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/north-dakotaandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;North Dakotaandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; native is in the middle of the situation. Jeremy Groce, who formerly lived in andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/minot-ndandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;Minotandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt;, is back on his job in Nairobi after delivering his wife and children to the safety of America. andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/jim-olsonandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;Jim Olsonandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; has the story. (Jim Olson, KX News) Jeremy Groce may look familiar to you - he was a reporter and anchor for KX News ten years ago. Now, he lives on the other side of the globe, where he has helped establish a radio news service based in Nairobi, Kenya that broadcasts into war-torn Sudan. (Jeremy Groce, Sudan Radio Service) andamp;quot;I work for a non-profit organization based in andamp;lt;a href=andamp;quot;http://www.kxnet.com/t/washingtonandamp;quot; class=andamp;quot;kxInlineLinkandamp;quot;andamp;gt;Washingtonandamp;lt;/aandamp;gt; that got the job to set shortwave radio service up.andamp;quot; (Jim Olson, KX News) Since 2003, Sudan Radio Service has been broadcasting news to the people of Sudan. But since the Sudanese government has tight reins on the media there, the service was set up in nearby Kenya. (Jeremy Groce, Sudan Radio Service) andamp;quot;Editors were arrested, beaten, tortured, fairly regularly. We weren't interested in being beaten or tortured so we decided it would be safer. (Jim Olson, KX News) For four years, Sudan Radio Service has been establishing itself as a fair source for news...to the point where Sudan's government has made proposals for the operation to move to Sudan. (Jeremy Groce, Sudan Radio Service) andamp;quot;I think they were a bit afraid we were a CIA thing coming in with propaganda and we actually work really hard not to do that. We go the extra mile, moreso than other media in that part of the world, to be balanced. (Jim Olson, KX News) Groce says there's very little chance the radio service, which employs about 40 people, will move to Sudan. As ongoing killing and violence in Darfur - in western Sudan - shows, it is simply too dangerous. And now, that danger has appeared in normally-safe Kenya. In fact, the violence has shown up right on Groce's doorstep. (Jeremy Groce, Sudan Radio Service) andamp;quot;My house, as it turns out, is a little over a block away from the opposition headquarters. So on two different days we've had mass demonstrations and clashes between demonstrators and riot police 20 or 30 yards from my house. (Jim Olson, KX News) The violence in Kenya forced Groce to bring his wife and two children back to the US - where they'll stay for a few months while he continues his work in Nairobi. We'll have more with him - and how he's found himself in the middle of a developing conflict - tomorrow. Jim Olson, KX News. You can check out the Sudan Radio Service online at www.sudanradio.org