Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za 13 February 2024 | 12:32 p.m. [SAST] 3 minute read There is growing dissent...
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The Africa Report
Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za 06 February 2024 | 20:55 SAST 2-min read In this week’s Africa Report with...
Zimbabwe opposition leader Job Sikhana released after court decision
Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za 02 February 2024 | 10:14 a.m. SAST 1-min read The Zimbabwean opposition...
Nigerian Unions Protest Over 6 Month University Closures
Umamah Bakharia The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) are embarking on a two-day protest on Tuesday to demonstrate against a six-month shutdown of public universities across the country due to pay disagreements between the government and teachers. Speaking to Radio Islam...
Tunisian Referendum Amendments Possible Return To Autocratic Rule
Umamah Bakharia Tunisians have voted in a referendum on a new constitution that critics of the president fear will dismantle the democracy after a 2011 revolution by handing him nearly total power. The vote was held on the first anniversary of Kais Saied’s ousting of...
The Africa Report: Angola gears up for elections in August, but there are issues around media freedom
By Neelam Rahim Thandi Smith, the head of programmes at Media Monitoring Africa, joins the discussion with Radio Islam International. The News headlines have been dominated by Banyana Banyana winning the women’s AFCON in Morocco. According to Thandi, the country...
Vaccination Campaign Efforts in Africa: Monkeypox, Marburg and Covid
Umamah Bakharia While Covid-19 vaccines have been rolling out globally, emerging viruses like monkeypox and Marburg have recently been detected in South Africa and globally. This has raised concerns over what is being done to curb the virus and the vaccination...
Kenyan Elections Falls Short of Change
Umamah Bakharia With Kenyan elections coming up on the 9th of August, the country's economy is again a top voter issue. Analysts say there is little to no hope in the expectations for sustainable change following the elections. George Wajackoyah ranks a distant third...
Africa Report: People in Africa have to die in big numbers before the media covers the issue
By Neelam Rahim In discussion with Radio Islam is Thandi Smith, Head of Programmes at Media Monitoring Africa. Thandi speaks about the misinformation in the Kenyan elections and as far as the candidate’s qualifications are concerned. According to Thandi, Several weeks...
Ghana Reports Cases of Marburg Virus While Tanzania Identifies ‘Rat Fever’
Umamah Bakharia Ghana has identified two cases of the deadly Marburg virus. According to health authorities, this is the first time the Ebola-like virus has been identified in the West African nation. This comes after blood samples were taken from two people in the...
Experts Say African Leaders Have Been Uniting In Light of the Ukraine-Russia-NATO Conflict
Umamah Bakharia The Concerned African Forum or CAF says as Africans are concerned about an equitable, just and fair world order as they have followed with concern the events in Ukraine, and between Russia, Ukraine and Nato. Adding that all progressive thought leaders...
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[LISTEN] The Africa Report: Somalians Will Never Accept Normalising Relations with Israel
Umm Muhammed Umar Radio Islam spoke to Dr Mustafa Mehta, Head of the Africa Desk at the Media Review Network, and Dean of the Faculty of Languages at the Somali National University, on the Africa Report. Racism seems to be rearing its ugly head again in Arab North...
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