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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Uganda to receive Ebola trial vaccine from Merck as cases climb
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 15 November 2022 | 12:00 CAT Global pharmaceutical giant Merck says...
Kenyan Airways CEO looks to replace striking pilots over wage disputes
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 8 November 2022 | 13:00 CAT Kenya Airways is recruiting new pilots...
Ethiopia PM Abiy Ahmed gives Tigray 72 Hours to Surrender
In an increasingly escalating situation, Tigrayan forces have been given a 72 hour ultimatum to surrender before the Ethiopian federal military begins an offensive on Mekelle, the regional capital of Tigray. Africa News reports that advancing Ethiopian troops plan to...
UN Chief calls for Humanitarian Corridor in Tigray, Ethiopia
The secretary-general of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres has called for humanitarian corridors to be opened in Ethiopia's Tigray region to assist civilians caught in the fighting. Africa News reports that Guterres had noted that Ethiopian authorities have...
Kenya makes Child Trafficking Arrests at Nairobi Hospital
Babies, sold for as little as $400, were stolen from vulnerable mothers in Kenya to be sold. All Africa reports that three staff at the Mama Lucy Kibabki hospital had been arrested this week by Kenya officials during an investigation into the theft and sale of babies....
Zanzibar Optimistic about Tourist Arrivals Amid Pandemic
All Africa reports that Zanzibar's tourist arrivals had more than doubled in October, to over 12 000 visitors. This has heightened hopes of achieving at least half of the annual target of half a million holiday makers. Prior to the outbreak of the coronavirus...
Tigrayan Refugees in Sudan Haunted by Slaughter
Tigrayans who escaped intense fighting in their homeland by fleeing into Sudan, are now safe, but horribly traumatized. Sudan has opened the Um Raquba refugee camp, last used 20 years ago, to manage with the more than 25 000 people fleeing air strikes, shooting, and...
Ethiopia Conflict on Knife’s Edge
By Naadiya Adams [Twitter: @Miss_Naadiya As global pressures mount following a two-week offensive in Tigray, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed says military operations in the area will enter its final phase. Ahmed said on Tuesday a three-day deadline for the Tigray...
Scores Killed in Ethiopia Bus Attack
At least 34 people have been killed in a bus attack in the Benishangul-Gumuz region of western Ethiopia. The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC), said in a statement that it expects the number of dead to increase. Africa News reports that the area had recently...
Ethiopia: TPLF Attacks Airports, Threatens Eritrea
Rockets have been fired at airports in a state neighboring Tigray, in Ethiopia. The airports were attacked by forces in the Tigray region as their conflict with the country’s federal government escalates. The BBC reports that a rocket struck the airport in Gondar,...
Egyptian ‘Bouazizi’ Sets Himself on Fire in Tahrir Square
A man set himself on fire, in protest at corruption and deteriorating living conditions, in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt. Thursday’s incident has been compared with the self-immolation of Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi in 2010, believed to have been the...
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