Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 28 November 2022 | 9:40 pm CAT Fighters from the al-Shabab armed...
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Equatorial Guinea faces elections as current president seeks an extension to his 43 year rule
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 22 November 2022 | 11:00 CAT Preliminary election results released by...
Humanitarian aid enters Tigray after a ceasefire agreement confirmed between Ethiopian gov & TPLF
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 18 November 2022 | 10:40 CAT The first humanitarian aid convoys have...
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[LISTEN] Damimola Olawuyi: Katsina Kidnapping Feeding Boko Haram’s Passion to Stop Western Education
Faizel Patel – 17/12/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) A political analyst says the abduction of hundreds of students from an all-boys school in the northwestern state of Katsina in Nigeria by terrorist group Boko Haram feeds their passion to stop the teaching of...
US to Sell Weapons to Morocco following Normalization with Israel
Following the United States announcement that Morocco is to normalize diplomatic ties with Israel, President Donald Trump’s administration sent a notification to Congress about a proposed arms sale to Morocco. Al Jazeera reports that the formal processing of the sale...
Four Aid Workers Killed in Ethiopia’s Tigray Crisis
The BBC reports that four aid workers had last month been killed during fighting in Ethiopia's Tigray region. Three of the four had worked for the Danish Refugee Council and one for the International Rescue Committee. The Ethiopian Federal government claims it is in...
Kenya Based Organisation Rescues Endangered Giraffe
The group has been working on a project for months to move a group of isolated giraffes trapped on a shrinking island due to rising waters. Asiwa, a female, was recently the first rescued and reunited with her fellow giraffes at the Ruko Community Conservancy....
Financially Embattled Zambia, IMF begin Talks
The International Monetary Fund has announced that Zambia has begun negotiations for financial support. Africa News reports that the Zambian economy has been in free fall due to years of crisis, such as drought, trouble in the country’s mining sector, and rising debt....
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[LISTEN] The Africa Report with Stephanie Wolters Featuring the DRC, Ethiopia & Burundi
Faizel Patel – 08/12/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) Senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) Stephanie Wolters says the split between President Félix Tshisekedi and his predecessor Joseph Kabila is no surprise as the coalition between the duo has...
Nigeria Governor faces Criticism over Domestic Abuse Reconciliation
Nigerians are outraged that the Governor of Benue state, Samuel Ortom, had reconciled a woman with her husband whom she had accused of physically abusing her. They say the woman, Ifeayinwa Angbo, was reconciled with her partner under duress. The BBC reports that Angbo...
Somalia Ends Visas on Arrival for Kenyans in Diplomatic Row
Somalia's immigration and citizenship authority now requires Kenyan nationals travelling to the country to obtain visas prior to arrival. Meanwhile, diplomatic passport holders must obtain approval from Somalia's Foreign Affairs Ministry. Africa News reports that the...
Trump Orders Troops Withdrawal from Somalia
US President Donald Trump has ordered the withdrawal of American soldiers from Somalia by early next year. However, according to the Pentagon the US is not "withdrawing" or "disengaging" from Africa. It said that some forces would possibly be reassigned to other...
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