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Nigeria’s deadly floods claims the lives of 600 blamed on lack of infrastructure
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 3 min read 18 October 2022 | 10:00 am CAT Northeastern Nigeria is seeing some of...
Wits enters into major partnership to drive digital transformation in Africa
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 2 min read | 20:55 pm CAT The University of the Witwatersrand has secured the...
Concern As Isis Seizes A Heavily – Defended Port In Mozambique
There is serious concern after militants linked to ISIS, seized a heavily-defended port in Mozambique after days of fighting. According to local media reports, government forces that were in the far southern town of Mocimboa da Praia fled, many by boat after fighters...
Egyptian Women Using Social Media to Expose Perpetrators of Sexual Abuse
Egypt has seen a wave of online protests as women have taken to social media to shame alleged abusers and to demand change. The protests are against what has been labelled as Egypt’s rape culture and against sexual abuse. The BBC reports an increasing number of social...
Mauritius Rushes to Pump Oil Out of Breaking Ship
Authorities on the island nation of Mauritius are hoping to complete pumping out the remaining oil from the ship responsible for an enormous oil spill, before it breaks. The BBC reports that against government instruction, volunteers were helping to transfer the fuel...
100,000 Trees to Be Planted in Seychelles By End December
In a bid to reforest Seychelles' Praslin Island, retrenched employees from the tourism industry are joining in a project to plant half a million trees. All the workers involved have lost their jobs due to COVID-19. According to All Africa the initial phase of the...
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Coronavirus: Africa’s Fake Chloroquine Problem
Since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, there have been assertions that hydroxychloroquine could be of assistance in the prevention and treatment the deadly virus. Africa News reports that it has since been trafficked. Chloroquine is well known in Africa....
Coronavirus: Nigeria’s Largest Airline Lays off Pilots, Cuts Salaries
Nigeria's largest airline Air Peace has laid off pilots due to the impact of the coronavirus on its operations. Nigeria, as well as cities in West Africa and the Middle East are serviced by the airline. Salaries have also been cut at Air Peace. While the airline has...
Zimbabwe: Coronavirus Patients Dying in Hospital Parking Lot
Zimbabwe is facing a crisis from as it’s number of coronavirus infections increases. There is a shortage of healthcare workers in the country. According to the BBC, Dr Rashida Ferrand, an epidemiologist at the main public hospital in Harare, a health workers' strike...
Aid Workers ‘Executed’ in Nigeria
Five aid workers have been killed in Nigeria. According to the BBC they had been abducted last month in Borno State. The Boko Haram group is being held responsible for their murder. Nigeria's president Muhammadu Buhari said the men were working for Action Against...
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