Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 6 December 2022 | 11:00 CAT Countries in Africa like Nigeria and...
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Africa to receive its first batch of over 50 000 mpox vaccines
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 2 December 2022 | 15:00 CAT The African Centre for Disease Control...
Nigeria launches new bank notes in order to curb corruption
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 30 November 2022 | 12:00 CAT Nigeria is launching a newly designed...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Sudan Closes Border With Ethiopia Over Tigray Clashes
Sudan, concerned that clashes in the northern region of Ethiopia may spread, has closed it's border with Ethiopia. The government of Sudan’s Kassala state said Sudan’s border has been closed to stop fighters in Ethiopia’s Tigray region from crossing the frontier....
![[LISTEN] Palestinian Envoy Hanan Jarrar Meets Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera to Discuss Jerusalem Embassy Opening](https://i0.wp.com/radioislam.org.za/a/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Jerusalem.jpg?resize=275%2C183&ssl=1)
[LISTEN] Palestinian Envoy Hanan Jarrar Meets Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera to Discuss Jerusalem Embassy Opening
Faizel Patel – 05/11/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) Palestinian special envoy to Malawi Hanan Jarrar has handed a letter from Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to Malawian President Lazarus Chakwera reminding him on the status of Jerusalem under international law....
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