Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 30 November 2022 | 12:00 CAT Nigeria is launching a newly designed...
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Al-Shabab rebels attack Mogadishu hotel used by Somali officials
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 28 November 2022 | 9:40 pm CAT Fighters from the al-Shabab armed...
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...
Faster and Cheaper Covid-19 Test Kit Developed by Nigeria
Nigeria has reportedly developed a Covid-19 test kit that shows results in less than 40 minutes. Health Minister Olurunimbe Mamora said it was much faster and 10 times cheaper than the PCR testing method currently being used. While the test kit has raised hopes of...
UN Calls for Nigeria Singer’s Blasphemy Sentence to be Overturned
The UN has called for the release of a Nigerian singer who has been sentenced to death by hanging. An Islamic court in Kano State had sentenced 22 year old Yahaya Sharif-Aminu for blasphemy. The court had ruled that the song had blasphemed Prophet Muhammad (Peace be...
Mali’s Transitional President Sworn In
70-year-old former defense minister and retired air force colonel, Bah Ndaw, has been sworn in as interim president of Mali. A ceremony was held in the capital, Bamako, and follows former President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita having been unseated in a military coup over a...
School Children Die in Nigeria Tanker Crash
25 people have been killed in central Nigeria after a fuel tanker exploded following a collision with other vehicles. The BBC reports that primary school children are among the dead. Several victims were burnt beyond recognition. The accident occurred on Wednesday...
UAE Talks on Possible Normalization Agreement between Sudan and Israel
A high-level delegation from Sudan is in the United Arab Emirates for talks with Emirati and US officials. The talks will take place separately. Al Jazeerah reports that the discussions will include Sudan’s removal from the US's list of countries that supposedly...
Ethiopia to Repatriate Women and Children after Saudi Camps Outrage
Global outrage over conditions in Saudi Arabia’s migrant detention camps has resulted in Ethiopia having decided to repatriate nearly 2,000 of it’s nationals by mid-October. The Ethiopian government began repatriating people, mostly women and children, last week. The...
Aid Worker Killed in DRC
An aid worker has been shot dead in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The BBC reports that the aid worker was killed in an ambush in eastern DRC. Aid group World Vision said another of its employees was seriously wounded in the ambush, while two were kidnapped during...
50 Expected Dead in Mine following Torrential Rains in DRC
Torrential rains in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have flooded a gold mine. There are fears that 50 miners have died. South Kivu governor Theo Ngwabidje Kasi said most "most of them (are) young". The mayor of the town of Kamituga, Alexander Bundya, however...
Castration for Child Rapists in Kaduna State, Nigeria
In Kaduna State, Nigeria, surgical castration has been approved as punishment for those convicted of raping children under the age of 14. Governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai has previously supported castration to prevent rapists from re-offending. While Nigeria's federal...
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