Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za 12 March 2024 | 13:55 SAST 1 minute read On the morning of March 7th, 2024,...
Africa Articles
Women informal cross-border traders are facing monumental hurdles
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 2-minute read 11 March 2024 | 19:50 CAT The governments of Malawi, Zambia and...
The Africa Report
Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za 05 March 2024 | 12:58 p.m. SAST 2 minute read Zambia has recently declared...
Humanitarian aid enters Tigray after a ceasefire agreement confirmed between Ethiopian gov & TPLF
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 18 November 2022 | 10:40 CAT The first humanitarian aid convoys have entered Ethiopia's Tigray region after a truce between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) put an end to a war...
Uganda to receive Ebola trial vaccine from Merck as cases climb
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 15 November 2022 | 12:00 CAT Global pharmaceutical giant Merck says it's ready to ship 100,000 doses of an experimental vaccine to assist Uganda in its fight against the Ebola outbreak. Previously, the...
Kenyan Airways CEO looks to replace striking pilots over wage disputes
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 8 November 2022 | 13:00 CAT Kenya Airways is recruiting new pilots after its current pilots embarked on a strike from Saturday due to disputes over pension contributions and the illegal dismissal of pilots. ...
Kenyan woman sources old computers to teach IT
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 3 min read 3 November 2022 | 10:30 am CAT A new speciality of IT has been unlocked for the children of a remote area in East Kenya after a woman refurbished old computers to teach the young generation. Nelly Cheboi...
US announced terror warnings in Africa should not be disregarded
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 1 November 2022 | 13:00 CAT Last week, the United States issued two terror warnings in Africa- one in Nigeria and the other in South Africa. Critics have since come out criticising the US government for the unverified...
The Africa Report
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 2 min read | 7:39 pm CAT Radio Islam International speaks to Senior Research Fellow at Africa Asia Dialogues Ebrahim Thembisa Fakude on this week’s Africa Report. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa promises an...
Africa’s tourism industry booms again after covid-19 lockdowns
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 27 October 2022 | 12:00 am CAT As we head closer to the holiday season and somewhat out of the Covid-19 pandemic, holiday destinations are on the radar. Earlier in the week, Botswana President Mokgweetsi...
South Africa to host Ethiopian peace talks on Monday
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 23 October 2022 | 09:00 am CAT South Africa is set to host peace talks between the Ethiopian government and the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF) on Monday, 24 October 2022. This comes as conflict between the TPLF...
Somalia blast hits Kismayu hotel, and police say at least three killed
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 2 min read | 3:12 pm CAT An explosives-laden motor rammed into the gate of a hotel and exploded on Sunday in an attack that killed at least three people in Somalia’s port city of Kismayu, said a police officer and resident,...
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