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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...
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...
Addis Ababa Calms Down, but Internet Block Still in Place
Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, had this week witnessed deadly protests, bomb blasts and the army being deployed to curb the increasingly violent protests. The chaos followed the murder of popular Oromo entertainer, Hachalu Hundessa, earlier this week. An...
Malawi Inaugurates New President
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‘You Are Not Gods,’ Uganda’s President to the WHO
Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni has expressed frustration with the World Health Organisation. He said they were not ‘gods’ and should be modest when setting out guidelines to manage the spread of the coronavirus. Museveni was addressing the country on Monday,...
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[LISTEN] Gerrie Nel to Assist Botswana in High Profile Money-Laundering & Fraud Case
Faizel Patel – 23/06/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) AfriForum says it is going to assist Botswana in a high-profile money-laundering and fraud case involving huge sums of cash, allegedly funnelled into South African bank accounts. Botswana's director of public...
China Promises to Give Vaccine to Africa First
China, which is currently number one in the race to develop a vaccine against the coronavirus, has promised to give it to Africa first. The World Health Organisation says five out of 10 potential vaccines undergoing clinical trials have been developed by Chinese...
COVID-19 Facility Established by Al-Shabaab
In Somalia, al-Shabab has set up a COVID-19 isolation and care facility. The facility is being viewed as a sign that the group is taking the coronavirus pandemic seriously. The facility, set up in Jilib, includes a 24 hour hotline. Africa News reports Sheikh Mohamed...
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