Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 17 March 2023 | 21:00 CAT The death toll from Tropical Cyclone Freddy...
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Libyan forces recover 2.3 tonnes of missing Uranium
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 16 March 2023 | 21:20 CAT Libyan forces say they have recovered more...
Somalia’s drought and conflict forced 3.8 million to flee
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 2-minute read 12 March 2023 | 22:04 CAT In Somalia, the number of people forced...
Nigerian Government calls on Activists to Cancel Protests against Police Brutality
The Nigerian government has urged activists to cancel plans for a Saturday protest in Lagos. The protests were to be staged over the reopening of the site where, in October 2020, demonstrators were shott, allegedly by soldiers, at a toll gate in Lekki district, Lagos....
Egypt ‘Indefinitely’ Opens Rafah Crossing to Gaza
Egypt has ‘indefinitely’ opened its border with the Gaza Strip. For a number of years, the crossing had previously only been opened for three to four days at a time. For Gaza, the Rafah crossing is the only passage to the outside world not controlled by Israel. Arab...
‘Mystery illness’ reported in Tanzania
According to local media in Tanzania, an unidentified illness has been causing patients to vomit blood. Channel Africa reports that health officials in Chunya district said that some victims had died within hours. A team of experts has been deployed by the health...
ICC Convicts Former Child Soldier turned Rebel Commander of War Crimes
Ugandan former rebel commander Dominic Ongwen has been found guilty of war crimes by the International Criminal Court. Africa News reports that Ongwen was a former child soldier turned rebel commander. He had been accused of 70 counts of crimes against humanity and...
Nine Malian Soldiers Killed in Fighter Attack
Security sources in Mali have reported that at least nine Malian soldiers were killed in an attack that fighters are suspected to have been behind. Their position at Boni, in the Mopti region, was attacked by "heavily armed individuals in armored vehicles." The use of...
Egypt receives its first 50 000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine
A consignment of 50 000 doses of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine arrived this week in Egypt as part of a program to vaccinate health workers. The countries cabinet confirmed reports in the local media that the consignment arrived of Sunday. Egypt in December received...
5 Killed,10 Wounded in Somalia Hotel Blast
Africa News reports that gunmen stormed the Afrik Hotel, in Mogadishu, Somalia, known to be frequented by officials, members of the security forces and humanitarian workers. 5 people died in Sunday afternoon's attack. Amongst them was former Defense Minister...
Nigerians deported from Saudi Arabia following Social Media Video
Hundreds of Nigerians living in Saudi Arabia without work or residency permits have been deported, following several migrants having posted a video on social media about their squalid conditions, and asking for help. The BBC reports that 384 people were flown from...
United States says Eritrean forces should leave Ethiopia’s Tigray region immediately
The United States ordered all soldiers to leave Ethiopia’s battlefront Tigray region immediately. Fugitive leaders of the Tigray region have been pursued by Eritreans, who are fighting side by side with Ethiopian forces, but Ethiopia’s government has denied their...
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