Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 3-minute read 19 April 2024 | 16:38 CAT Malawi is facing its worst food crisis...
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Africa Wealth Report 2024: Key insights
Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za 18 April 2024 | 12:24 p.m. SAST 2-minute read The Africa Wealth Report,...
Sudan’s silent suffering, one year into generals’ war
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 3-minute read 18 April 2024 | 11:05 CAT What started as a dispute over plans to...
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...
Greece detects African swine fever in a wild boar
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 24 January 2023 | 12:30 CAT Greek authorities have detected African swine fever in a wild boar after the country reported its first-ever outbreak of the disease in 2020. According to World Organisation for Animal Health...
50 women abducted by suspected militants in Burkina Faso
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 17 January 2023 | 12:30 CAT Gunmen abducted about 50 women in Soum in Burkina Faso on January 12 and 13, according to the government of the region. “As soon as their disappearance was announced, efforts...
20 000 Zimbabwean’s immigrants cross the Beitbridge Border from South Africa this festive season
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 25 December 2022 | 08:00 am CAT Border Management Authority (BMA) has reported that more than 20 000 immigrants have crossed the Beitbridge border post from Musina, Limpopo, into Zimbabwe in the past 24 hours. ...
Somalia faces its worst drought in a decade that has left millions hungry
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 22 December 2022 | 09:45am CAT The United Nations (UN) has warned that Somalia could face its worst famine in half a century. This comes as a result of the ongoing drought, which has seen Somalia endure five successive...
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