Sameera Casmod sameerac@radioislam.co.za 23 January 2024 | 21:39 SAST 2-min read In this week's Africa Report on Radio...
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Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za 16 January 2024 | 12:11 p.m. CAT 1-min read “Africa is mystic; it is wild....
Where does the conflict in Sudan stand after eight months?
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 2-minute read 01 Januray 2024 | 17:31 CAT The fighting in Sudan continues with...
Concerned Africans Forum Speaks Out On Killing of Al Jazeera Journalist
By Umamah Bakharia The Concerned Africans Forum or CAF has spoken out against the shameful assassination of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli forces in Jenin in the occupied West Bank in Palestine. CAF says the sadistic forms of violence meted out...
UN Envoy Urges Mauritania To Enforce Anti-Slavery Law
By: Zahid Jadwat A United Nations (UN) human rights expert has urged the authorities in Mauritania to take immediate steps to enforce anti-slavery laws.Following a visit to the West African country, UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery...
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...
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