Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 3-minute read 03 December 2023 | 16:14 CAT Malawi's President Lazarus Chakwera...
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The Africa Report
Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za 21 November 2023 | 10:52 CAT 1-min read In this week’s edition of the...
The Media Lens
Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za 15 November 2023 | 11:05 CAT 1-min read In the Media Lens with Hafez...
Home Affairs rejects claims on Zims being turned away from Beitbridge border
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 5min read 20 September 2022 | 11:30 am CAT The Department of Home Affairs dismisses claims that Border Guards are turning back Zimbabweans who want to go back home when they reach the Beitbridge Border Post. This follows reports...
Senegal’s president names first premier since 2019
Neelam Rahim – neelam@radioislam.co.za 4 minute read 18 September 2022 15:50 pm CAT Senegalese President Macky Sall reinstated the post of prime minister on Saturday, appointing a former economy minister to the duty two months after a tense legislative election during...
Ethical, legal and human rights considerations in preparing for future pandemics and human disasters in Africa
Neelam Rahim - neelam@radioislam.co.za 2 minute read 16 September 2022 12:55 pm Pandemics constitute major public health concerns affecting the entire population, causing widespread human suffering, requiring population-scale behavioural change, and bringing in...
The Africa Report: Developments in the Tigray Region
Neelam Rahim - neelam@radioislam.co.za 2 minute read 15 September 2022 11:15 am CAT Head of the Africa Desk at the Media Review Network, Dr Mustafa Mheta, provides an update on Ethiopia and Kenya in this week's Africa Report. The war in Ethiopia continues to take its...
WHO predicts the eradication of meningitis by 2020
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 6min read 15 September 2022 11:00am CAT The World Health Organisation - WHO predicts that by 2030, they will eradicate meningitis in Africa. In a strategy released last week, WHO has laid out plans on how it plans to accomplish...
Zimbabwean lawyers are taking the electoral system to court over nomination fees
Umamah Bakharia Zimbabwean human rights lawyers are taking the country's electoral system to court. This follows reports that nomination fees for some presidential and parliamentary candidates have been increased from R17 000 to R340 000. Speaking to...
The Africa Report
By Neelam Rahim In discussion with Radio Islam International on this week's Africa Report is the Head of Media Monitoring Africa, Thandi Smith. Angola is the only country in the SADC region without laws to protect pregnant pupils' rights to education. Thandi said...
Zimbabwe’s Former Health Minister speaks on the country’s health sector
Umamah Bakharia Zimbabwean opposition party - Citizens Coalition for Change - CCC are demanding that the Zimbabwean government address the nation on what it intends to do about the poor state of the country's hospitals. Speaking to Radio Islam...
Africa’s oldest known dinosaur discovered in Zimbabwe
Umamah Bakharia Scientists have unearthed in Zimbabwe the remains of Africa's oldest dinosaur, which lived more than 230 million years ago. The Mbiresaurus raathi was one metre tall, ran on two legs and had a long neck and jagged teeth. Speaking to...
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