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The Africa Report: Angola gears up for elections in August, but there are issues around media freedom

By Neelam Rahim Thandi Smith, the head of programmes at Media Monitoring Africa, joins the discussion with Radio Islam International. The News headlines have been dominated by Banyana Banyana winning the women’s AFCON in Morocco. According to Thandi, the country...

Vaccination Campaign Efforts in Africa: Monkeypox, Marburg and Covid

Umamah Bakharia While Covid-19 vaccines have been rolling out globally, emerging viruses like monkeypox and Marburg have recently been detected in South Africa and globally. This has raised concerns over what is being done to curb the virus and the vaccination...

Kenyan Elections Falls Short of Change

Umamah Bakharia  With Kenyan elections coming up on the 9th of August, the country's economy is again a top voter issue. Analysts say there is little to no hope in the expectations for sustainable change following the elections. George Wajackoyah ranks a distant third...

Africa Report: People in Africa have to die in big numbers before the media covers the issue

By Neelam Rahim In discussion with Radio Islam is Thandi Smith, Head of Programmes at Media Monitoring Africa. Thandi speaks about the misinformation in the Kenyan elections and as far as the candidate’s qualifications are concerned. According to Thandi, Several weeks...
True Picture Emerges of Kenya Coronavirus

True Picture Emerges of Kenya Coronavirus

The BBC reports that the coronavirus, contrary to what had previously been believed, had already infected 1.3 million Kenyans by June. The finding had been made by the Kenya Medical and Research Institute. National blood donations given between May and June were...

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Thousands Flee Ethiopia for Sudan

Thousands Flee Ethiopia for Sudan

As many as 200,000 refugees are expected to flee to Sudan from Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, where the country’s deadly conflict continues. Al Jazeera reports that at least 6,000 people have already crossed the border. Hundreds of thousands more have been...

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Ethiopian Forces Capture Airport in Tigray Region

Ethiopian Forces Capture Airport in Tigray Region

The airport near the town of Humera in Ethiopia has been seized by the country’s military in the nearly week-old conflict in the Tigray region. The airport was captured as fighting continues, with reports of Ethiopian government forces capturing territory. Al Jazeera...

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Canary Islands Sees Surge in African Migrants

Canary Islands Sees Surge in African Migrants

Spanish emergency services say that, just over the weekend, more than 1,600 African migrants havea arrived at Spain's Canary Islands, or have been rescued at sea. One person had had to be flown to hospital by helicopter. The BBC reports that there has been a sharp...

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Two Killed in Algeria Wildfires

Two Killed in Algeria Wildfires

Emergency services in Algeria said a wildfire has killed two people west of the capital, Algiers. The wildfire had been one of a wave of seasonal blazes to hit the north African country. 10 of the country’s 58 provinces have reported fires in the past 24 hours. Al...

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