Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 3-minute read 18 April 2024 | 11:05 CAT What started as a dispute over plans to...
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The Africa Report
Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za 16 April 2024 | 21:20 SAST 2-minute read In this week's Africa Report on...
SANDF members living in dismal circumstances: 600 troops share six pit latrines
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 3-minute read 02 April 2024 | 17:41 CAT Hundreds of South African soldiers are...
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...
Malawi Declares Worst Cholera Outbreak In 20 years
Muhammad Bham mbham@radioislam.co.za 3 min read Malawi’s worst cholera outbreak on record has left more than 1,000 people dead even as cases have reached over 30 000. The death toll announced last Tuesday breached a grim milestone and surpassed the largest recorded...
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