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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...
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...
Covid-19 In East Africa With Deo Gumba
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Kenya Scraps the School Year
All schools in Kenya are only to reopen in 2021. Kenya’s Ministry of Education said that all students would resume studies in their current grades, next year. The school year was scrapped in Kenya as a result of the spread of the coronavirus in the East African...
African Nations Prepare to Reopen Airspace
Nations on the African continent face a tough choice as coronavirus infections soar: Do they welcome the international flights that introduced the coronavirus to the continent, or allow their economies to be further damaged by keeping borders closed? Egypt reopened...
Egypt Receives International Tourists Amidst Pandemic
Egypt has received more than 800 visitors on the third day of it having resumed of international flights. Passengers arrived at Cairo International Airport from France, Belgium, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Lebanon on Thursday night. Egypt Today reports that Tourism...
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