Africa Articles

Ml Muhammad Bham | mbham@radioislam.co.za 10 May 2023 | 16:00 CAT 3 min read Botswana on Monday suffered a total blackout, and there are real fears that South Africa is not far behind. This comes at a time when soldiers have been deployed to protect Eskom power...

Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 2-minute read 11 May 2023 | 15:35 CAT Air raids again shook Sudan's capital Khartoum on Monday. At the same time, the latest truce talks in Jeddah yielded no progress, and a Saudi diplomat said both sides consider themselves...

Annisa Essack | kzn@radioislam.org.za 9 May 2023, | 17:00 CAT 2 min read Thandi Smith, Head of Programmes at Media Monitoring Africa, highlighted the death of a journalist in conflict-stricken Cameroon and the arrest of another in Ethiopia, which pointed to the...

Fahmida Choonara | fchoonara@radioislam.co.za 2 May 2023| 17:00 CAT 2 min read Thembisa Fakude, a senior research fellow at Africa Asia Dialogues, shared his insight on current affairs in Africa. In Ethiopia, security forces are believed to have arrested 47 suspects...

Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 2-minute read 25 April 2023 | 20:00 CAT South Africa has started with the evacuation of citizens trapped in Sudan. President Cyril Ramaphosa also stated that South Africa would assist other nationals from the region stranded in...

Fahmida Choonara | fchoonara@radioislam.co.za 25 April 2023 | 13:45 CAT 2 min read Thandi Smith, Head of Programmes at Media Monitoring, joined Radio Islam International to discuss events in the African continent. Focusing on positive news, Smith spoke on the Kenyan...

Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 3-minute read 20 April 2023 | 17:09 CAT Fierce clashes erupted on Saturday between Sudan's armed forces and a robust civil group, following days of tensions between the two forces. The sound of heavy gunfire could be heard across...

Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 13 April 2023 | 20:30 CAT Ghana has become the first country in the world to approve a new malaria vaccine from Oxford University, with the specific aim of vaccinating children under the age of three years. According to...