Azra Hoosen | ah@radioislam.co.za 14 October 2024 | 14:40 CAT 2 min read Former finance minister and Reserve Bank...
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Jukskei River: Contamination findings prompt COJ to launch probe
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 3-minute read 11 October 2024 | 18:50 CAT Urgent action is needed in response...
Afica4Palestine strongly condemns attempts to block Mandla Mandela from entering UK over pro-Palestinian stance
3-minute read 11 October 2024 | 15:56 CAT Chaos erupted after Nelson Mandela's grandson's major nine-day tour was...
Egypt reveals ancient treasures found at the Saqqara necropolis
Egypt uncovered ancient treasures found at the Saqqara archaeological site south of Cairo, including sarcophagi over 3,000 years old, a discovery that will rewrite history. Saqqara is an immense necropolis of the ancient Egyptian capital of Memphis, a United Nations...
Sudanese Protest Killing by RSF Paramilitary Unit
Scores of people demonstrated in Khartoum, Sudan, on Thursday to demand the closure of illegal detention centers. The protests followed the alleged torturing and killing of a man by a paramilitary force, which, according to Africa News, once ‘formed the backbone of a...
Egypt fails to pay 128 million dollar debt to medical manufacturers leads to oxygen crisis
A source in the Federation of Industries has told Al-Manassa that Egypt's hospital oxygen crisis is due to the government's failure to pay its 2 billion debt Egyptian Pound for medical supplies as coronavirus cases soar in the country. This in spite of the fact that...
10 000 Arrested in Zimbabwe for Failure to Wear Face Masks
Over the past week, 10 000 people in Zimbabwe have been arrested for not wearing face masks in public. Meanwhile, another 16 000 were also arrested, for having flouted lockdown restrictions. The BBC reports that most of the offenders were ordered to pay an admission...
Qatar Airways will resume Egypt flights on January 18
Qatar Airways says it would restart flights to Egypt from January 18, a day after Cairo reopened airspace to the state-owned carrier as part of a thaw in relations. Flights are resuming after, Saudi Arabia, Egypt the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain agreed this month...
Rebels Attack Bangui, capital of Central African Republic
Al Jazeera reports that in the Central African Republic rebels were pushed back after they launched two attacks on the outskirts of the capital, Bangui. Prime Minister Firmin Ngrebada said in a Facebook post: “The attackers who came in large numbers to take Bangui...
100 000 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine expected to arrive in Nigeria by end of January
Nigeria to get 42 million Covid-19 vaccines to cover one-fifth of its population through the global COVAX scheme. Faisal Shuaib, head of the country's primary healthcare says the batch of vaccines would come as part of Nigeria's plan to inoculate 40% of the population...
Bushiri’s Extradition Process to Begin in March
By Naadiya Adams Malawi’s Lilongwe Magistrates Court has ordered that the formal hearing of the extradition process for self-proclaimed prophet Shepard Bushiri and his wife Mary is set to begin in March. Kicking off the extradition process, the Malawian government...
Tourist’s Body Retrieved at Victoria Falls
By Naadiya Adams Search and rescue operations at Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe have finally retrieved the body of a 40-year-old tourist who plunged to his death on New Year’s Day. Roy Dikinya, a Harare man is shown walking along the edge of the gorge in his sandals...
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