Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 2-minute read 11 March 2024 | 19:50 CAT The governments of Malawi, Zambia and...
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Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za 05 March 2024 | 12:58 p.m. SAST 2 minute read Zambia has recently declared...
The Africa Report
Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za 27 February 2024 | 12:12 p.m. SAST 2 minute read Nearly a year since the...
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...
Food prices soar in Egypt
Mumtaz Moosa | mumtazs@me.com 3 February 2023 | 10:45 AM CAT 1 min read As public outcry has become eminent on social media, the reality for many Egyptians is that essential staple foods have become a daily struggle for many households. Staple items such as bread have...
Chad to open an embassy in Israel to build relations
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 1 February 2023 | 17:30 CAT Chad will open an embassy in Israel to build on bilateral relations that were established five years ago as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s tries to strengthen ties across the...
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