Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za 21 November 2023 | 10:52 CAT 1-min read In this week’s edition of the...
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Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za 15 November 2023 | 11:05 CAT 1-min read In the Media Lens with Hafez...
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Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za 14 November 2023 | 12:20 CAT 1-min read In the Africa Report, Emmanuel...
Nigerian Ministers Resign En-Masse To Contest 2023 Elections
By: Zahid Jadwat At least ten of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's ministers have resigned after he instructed all ministers, ambassadors, agency heads and other political appointees to resign by May 16 if they intend to run for office in the 2023...
Ethiopia: Government Says Reports That Tigrayan Forces Left Afar Are ‘Big Lies’
By: Zahid Jadwat Despite a spokesman for the Tigrayan forces announcing their departure earlier this week, the Ethiopian government said on Thursday that dissident Tigrayan forces are still in the neighbouring province of Afar. Tigrayan forces remained...
Iconic Kenyan Hotel To Close Down
By: Zahid Jadwat Kenya's iconic Hilton Hotel Nairobi, a multi-story structure that was once one of the capital city's tallest structures, is set to close in December, according to reports. The hotel was built in 1969, six years after Kenya gained independence...
Ethiopia: Russian Embassy Denies Recruiting Fighters for the War in Ukraine
Umm Muhammed Umar Hundreds of people are reported to have lined up this week outside the Russian embassy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, allegedly in the hope of being recruited to fight for Moscow in its war with Ukraine. The embassy, however, has dismissed claims it was...
Britain and Rwanda Justify Controversial Refugee Agreement
Umm Muhammed Umar Britain and Rwanda have continued efforts to excuse their highly provocative migration agreement in the face of widespread criticism. The two countries had on Thursday announced a deal to send refugees arriving in the UK as stowaways on trucks or...
Guinea Warns Foreign Mining Firms to Share Profits Equally
Umm Muhammed Umar Guinea's military junta has told foreign mining companies they must share profits equally with the West African nation. It has also set a May deadline for plans to build local refineries to be presented. Guinea's leader, Mamady Doumbouya, a...
Africa Report with Dr Mustafa Mheta
By Annisa Essack 05:04:2022 Speaking to Radio Islam International today, Dr Mustafa Mheta, Head of the Africa Desk at Media Review Network, spoke on the issue of Saudi Arabia's mass execution in a single day and the racism faced by Africans during their escape from...
Burkina Faso: Verdict on Thomas Sankara’s Assassination to be Delivered
Burkina Faso: Verdict on Thomas Sankara's Assassination to be Delivered Umm Muhammed Umar The verdict of fourteen defendants, prosecuted in 2021 for the assassination of Burkina Faso leader, Thomas Sankara, in a coup in 1987, is to take place before the Ouagadougou...
Zimbabwean By-Elections Draw Closer as Mugabe Junior Backs Zanu PF
By Umamah Bakharia On 26 March, Zimbabwe will hold its first by-elections in a year to fill 133 vacancies. These vacancies comprise 28 parliamentary seats and 105 council seats that stem from recalls, deaths and dismissals. This is because the Movement for Democratic...
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