Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 1 February 2023 | 17:30 CAT Chad will open an embassy in Israel to...
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Malawi Declares Worst Cholera Outbreak In 20 years
Muhammad Bham mbham@radioislam.co.za 3 min read Malawi’s worst cholera outbreak on record has left more than 1,000...
Greece detects African swine fever in a wild boar
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 24 January 2023 | 12:30 CAT Greek authorities have detected African...
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...
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...
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