Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za 08 August 2023 | 11:01am SAST 2 min read In this week’s Africa Report on...
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Niger soldiers claim power after president’s guards reportedly seize him
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 2-minute read 05 August 2023 | 17:56 CAT Men in military fatigues claimed to...
RSF atrocities pile up in Darfur after 100 days of Sudan fighting
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 2-minute read 30 July 2023 | 16:45 CAT The RSF and Arab militias are accused of...
Over Three Dozen People Burnt Alive in Congo Accident
Over 33 people were killed when a bus overturned in the Democratic Republic of Congo at the weekend. According to Reuters the incident occurred when a fuel truck and a bus collided near the village of Kiwawa which is a six hour drive from the country’s capital...
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[LISTEN] Journalist Rabeb Aloui Unpacks the Political Crisis in Tunisia
Faizel Patel – 28/07/2021 Radio host, journalist and an environmental activist Rabeb Aloui says Tunisian President Kais Saied's decision to fire the defence minister is in line with Chapter Eighty of the constitution and legal Saied sacked Ibrahim Bartaji, a day after...
African Coups: Chad Power Wrangling Continues; Mali Isolated
Umm Muhammed Umar Discussing the state of affairs in Mali since a coup took place there almost a year ago, the South African Institute for Security Studies’, Stephanie Walters, says it is of great concern that Mali seems unable to restore the rule of law. There had,...
Africa Largely Resistant toward Coronavirus Vaccine
There is a high level of concern regarding the access of African countries to the coronavirus vaccines. The vaccines are fairly costly, with many African economies unable to afford them. Senior research fellow at the South African Institute for security studies,...
Tunisia: President Kais Saied Accused of Coup
Tunisia’s President Kais Saied has been accused of staging a coup by the main political parties in the country. The accusations came after he fired the prime minister and had parliament suspended. The BBC reports that Saied said that his actions were in accordance...
Nigeria: 10 Pirates Jailed Under New Law
10 pirates were sentenced to 12 years each by a court in Nigeria on Friday. The jail time followed the hijacking of the Chinese merchant ship FV Hailufeng II in 2020. They were each fined 250 000 naira, or $610, as well. All the pirates convicted of the hijacking were...
Almost 50 Dead in Niger Motorbike Attack
At least 100 heavily armed assailants riding motorbikes attacked a South West village in Niger on Sunday leaving 49 people dead. In a televised statement, Niger’s Ministry of Defence said five civilians were killed in the attack as well as four soldiers and 40 armed...
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[LISTEN] Elite Star Trading Donates Desperately Needed O2 Concentrators to COVID-19 Ravaged Namibia
Faizel Patel – 08/07/2021 As the world continues to battle the Coronavirus pandemic, there is a desperate need for oxygenators which is critical in the treatment of COVID-19. The African continent has been hard hit by the pandemic as Coronavirus infections and deaths...
China’s Stake in Ethiopia’s Tigray Conflict
Tembisa Fukude, who is the Senior Fellow at the think tank for global research, Africa - Asia Dialogues discussed China's involvement in Tigray Province in Ethiopia with Radio Islam. The Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) is seeking to secede from Ethiopia,...
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