Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 2-minute read 11 March 2024 | 19:50 CAT The governments of Malawi, Zambia and...
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Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za 05 March 2024 | 12:58 p.m. SAST 2 minute read Zambia has recently declared...
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Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za 27 February 2024 | 12:12 p.m. SAST 2 minute read Nearly a year since the...
The U.S. says it kills 27 al Shabaab militants in a Somalia air strike
Neelam Rahim - neelam@radioislam.co.za 2 min read – 17:08 CAT The U.S. military said on Wednesday it had killed 27 fighters from the al Shabaab militant group in an air strike in Somalia's central Hiran region, where the army and allied forces have launched an...
Sudan’s Burhan’s response to Hemetti: The army would hand over power only to the agreed cabinet or after elections
Neelam Rahim - neelam@radioislam.co.za 4 min read 21 September 2022 15:30 CAT Abel Fattah al-Burhan, Head of the Sovereign Council, through his spokesperson, stated on Saturday that he would only render power to a civilian cabinet agreed upon by all the Sudanese or an...
The Africa Report: Significant number of people that don’t have access to power
Neelam Rahim - neelam@radioislam.co.za 2 minute read 20 September 2022 22:10 CAT Head of Programmes at Media Monitoring Africa, Thandi Smith, speaks to Radio Islam International on this week's Africa Report. Two issues linked to the Queen's death. The one is about the...
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...
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