Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 17 March 2023 | 21:00 CAT The death toll from Tropical Cyclone Freddy...
Africa Articles
Libyan forces recover 2.3 tonnes of missing Uranium
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 16 March 2023 | 21:20 CAT Libyan forces say they have recovered more...
Somalia’s drought and conflict forced 3.8 million to flee
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 2-minute read 12 March 2023 | 22:04 CAT In Somalia, the number of people forced...
African states led the charge against apartheid; they can also lead the boycott of Israel today
By Hannah Omarjee | homarjee@radioislam.co.za 08:03:2023 | 14:00 PM CAT 2 min read Dadoo, an activist and national coordinator of the South African BDS coalition, spoke to Radio Islam International regarding the African States that have led the charge against...
Nigeria election 2023: Results start trickling in amid delays
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 2-minute read 28 February 2023 | 11:54 CAT The first results have been published in Nigeria's general elections after a weekend of delays and disruptions. Three front-runners emerged in a race to replace outgoing President...
Israeli diplomat removed from African Union Summit
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 3-minute read 21 February 2023 | 6:55 CAT A Senior Israeli diplomat has been removed from the African Union’s annual summit in Ethiopia as a dispute over Israel’s accreditation to the bloc escalated. A video posted on social...
Nigerias president extends deadline to turn in banknotes
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 17 February 2023 | 23:25 CAT Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the central bank request to extend the deadline to turn in old banknotes until 10 April as the country holds its presidential and...
The Africa Report
Neelam Rahim / neelam@radioislam.co.za 2-minute read 16 February 2023 / 09:53 CAT In this week's edition of the Africa Report with Radio Islam International, Senior Research Fellow at Africa Asia Dialogues, Thembisa Fakude, speaks from the perspective of the SONA...
Wildlife conservation on the African continent
Neelam Rahim / neelam@radioislam.co.za 2-minute read 12 February 2023 / 21:32 CAT Wildlife is one of Africa's main tourist attractions. However, the industry has faced challenges like poaching, illicit trade and food scarcity. This has, in turn, threatened the...
Equatorial Guinea quarantines 200 people over unknown hemorrhagic fever deaths
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 11 February 2023 | 11:15 CAT Equatorial Guinea has quarantined more than 200 people and restricted movement after 8 people died of an unknown illness causing hemorrhagic fever. This was confirmed by the country’s Health...
Guinea, Mali & Burkina Faso juntas form three way partnership
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 11 February 2023 | 10:00 CAT The foreign ministers of Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali - African countries which are all ruled by military juntas - have proposed a regional partnership to facilitate trade and tackle...
SADC calls for urgent dialogue in Eswatini following the death of human rights activist
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 3 February 2023 | 11:53 CAT Leaders of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are calling on the Kingdom of Eswatini to urgently initiate a national dialogue as tensions continue to rise in the region. The...