Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 13 April 2023 | 20:30 CAT Ghana has become the first country in the...
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Kenyan opposition leader Odinga suspends anti-government protests
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 2-minute read 05 April 2023 | 21:20 CAT On Sunday, Kenyan opposition leader...
Ban on Protest Action on the African Continent
Hannah Omarjee | homarjee@radioislam.co.za 5 March 2023 | 14:00 CAT 2 min read A surge of protest bans is taking place...
Five Million Trees Planted in a Day in Green Ghana Project
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo was amongst those who had planted 5 million trees across the country on Friday as part of measures to make Ghana greener. The initiative was launched by the Lands and Natural Resources Ministry, in collaboration with the Forestry...
Mother and Baby Killed in Kenyan Air Strike in Somalia
A Kenyan warplane bombed two towns in southern Somalia, killing a mother and her child. The Standard reports that the bombing by the Kenyan plane occurred last Thursday night in two towns in Somalia's Jubbaland. The Somali government has condemned what it called...
Nigeria Suspends Twitter Indefinitely
Faizel Patel – 05/05/2021 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) Nigeria's government has suspended Twitter's operations indefinitely, two days after the social media giant deleted a tweet from President Muhammadu Buhari's account for violating its rules. AFP reports that Twitter...
Burkina Faso Attack: Provisional Death Toll at 100
Armed men on Friday night killed roughly 100 people in a raid on a village in Burkina Faso. The BBC reports that homes in the village and the market were burned. While no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, the blame is increasingly being put on fighters....
Egypt: Six Teenage Girls Die in Fire at Juvenile Facility
A fire at a juvenile detention center in Cairo, Egypt, has resulted in the death of six teenage girls. Nineteen others were injured. Al Arabiya reports that the building, which houses around 200 girls aged between 14 and 17, caught on fire on Thursday evening. The...
Nigeria may Undergo a Name Change
Nigerians are contemplating a proposal to change the name of their country. The BBC reports that for two weeks now federal lawmakers have been gathering the views of citizen across Nigeria to gather proposals for amendments to the country’s constitution, such as...
Ugandan Minister Survives Gun Attack, Daughter Killed
Assailants in Uganda on Tuesday morning opened fire at a vehicle, killing General Katumba Wamala’s daughter and his driver. Currently Uganda’s Minister of Transport, Wamala had served as Uganda’s former army commander. The attack took place in a suburb of the capital,...
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[LISTEN] Germany Apologises to Nambia for Colonial Genocide, France asks Rwanda for Forgiveness, & Will the Catholic Church Apologise for Endorsing Slavery?
Faizel Patel – 31/05/2021 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) University of South Africa international law professor emeritus Andre Thomashausen says Germany has accepted that it has history of colonial abuse and made amends for the wrongs it has committed. Professor...
DRC: Families Fleeing Volcano are Starving
Powerful tremors were felt on Saturday morning in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Families have fled from an expected second volcanic eruption. Al Jazeera reports that people are without food and water, some having not eaten since Thursday. According to Al...
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