Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 2 min read | 20:55 pm CAT The University of the Witwatersrand has secured the...
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Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 4 min read | 9:14 am CAT Speaking to Radio Islam International on this week's...
Africa’s highest capacity undersea internet cable reaches South Africa
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 3min read 7 October 2022 | 09:45 am CAT Africa’s highest capacity sub-sea...
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...
No Protests for Mali until after Eid
Mali’s opposition movement has announced plans that all protests in the country will be postponed until after the Eid-ul Adha festivities. Africa News reports that the group’s leaders have decided to withhold all activates till the end of July, saying this is not a...
US to Seize Former Gambian President Yahya Jammeh’s Mansion
The US justice department has accused former President of The Gambia, Yahya Jammeh, of having used funds obtained from bribes, and embezzled public funds, to buy a mansion in a Washington when he was in power. There are reportedly documents proving that Jammeh bought...
Sudan Slams Ethiopia’s ‘Unilateral’ Move as GERD Fills
Sudan has complained that the levels of the Nile have dropped. This is as a reservoir behind Ethiopia's Grand Renaissance dam has filled up. Sudan has criticized "any unilateral actions taken by any party". According to Africa News, Egypt too, has demanded...
Filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam begins
Husain Mohamed – 15/07/2020 Ethiopia’s water minister has announced that the country has begun filling the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a massive hydroelectric dam it is building on the Blue Nile. Seleshi Bekele said that the construction of the dam and the...
Tunisian Woman’s Offensive ‘Sura Corona’ Lands Her in Hot Water
Tunisian blogger Emna Chargui posted, on Facebook, a short text entitled “Sura Corona.” Her satirical post, written in May, attempts to mimic the Qur’aan. Chargui made fun of the COVID 19 situation in a style that mocks the Holy Qur’aan. Chargui’s parody, however,...
Protestors Ransack Mali Ruling Party Offices
Eleven people were killed in violent demonstrations on Friday and Saturday in Mali, with one political party accusing the government of deploying anti-terrorism forces to the country’s streets. On Sunday, protesters looted a building belonging to President Ibrahim...
AU Launches Consortium for Coronavirus Vaccine Trials
Human trials for a potential novel coronavirus vaccine have already begun in Africa, more specifically in Egypt and South Africa. A consortium for Covid-19 vaccine clinical trials is to be led by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. The consortium...
Burkina Faso Military Accused of Town Killings
The New York Times reports that in Burkina Faso the bodies of at least 180 men have been found in the town of Djibo. The bodies have been found in fields, by the side of road, and under bridges over the past eight months, beginning last November. Residents of the town...
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