Azra Hoosen | ah@radioislam.co.za 8 October 2024 | 13:00 CAT 2 min read In the Eastern Cape, police have launched a...
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JSC proceedings continue despite Hlophe’s withdrawal as commissioner
Sameera Casmod | sameerac@radioislam.co.za 08 October 2024 | 12:36 p.m. CAT 2-minute read The MK Party announced...
Professors Salim & Quarraisha Abdool Karim honoured with Lasker-Bloomberg Award for pioneering work
Azra Hoosen | ah@radioislam.co.za 7 October 2024 | 14:30 CAT 3 min read Professors Quarraisha and Salim Abdool Karim,...
Was Life in Zimbabwe Better Under Mugabe?
By Naadiya Adams Public opinion largely says Zimbabweans are suffering more under President Emmerson Mnangagwa than they did under long-standing President Robert Mugabe, this according to African Research Journalist Tendai Mariwa. While speaking to Radio Islam, Mariwa...
French Bases in Mali come Under Attack
French army bases in northern Mali, were targeted by fire from rockets and shells on Monday. Africa News reports that Kidal, Gao, and Ménaka, had come under fire from so called ‘jihadists’. The attack, which was synchronized, was said to be an uncommon attack on...
10 Women Missing in Boko Haram Farm Attack
Ten women who had been at a rice plantation during an attack in northeastern Nigeria on Saturday, are still missing. The 10 missing women worked at the Kwashabe rice farm. Boko Haram is being blamed for the attack. Boko Haram has reportedly increasingly targeted...
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[LISTEN] SADC Taking Time in Acting Against Militant Attacks in Mozambique
Faizel Patel – 28/11/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) Political analyst Jasmine Opperman says the Southern African Development Community (SADC) is procrastinating in getting an integrated response to the insurgency ravaging parts of northern Mozambique. Five...
Aid Delivery for Ethiopian Refugees Lands in Khartoum
Humanitarian supplies for people fleeing violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region arrived by air on Friday in Khartoum, Sudan. UN refugee agency spokesperson, Babar Baloch, said that another airlift was scheduled to leave Dubai on Monday, with an additional 100 tons of...
Zimbabwe Gold Mine Shaft Collapse Leaves Dozens Trapped Underground
Faizel Patel – 26/11/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) At least 40 informal miners in Zimbabwe have been trapped underground after a shaft in a disused gold mine collapsed. Head of the Zimbabwe Miners Federation says the incident occurred late Wednesday in the town of...
Ethiopia’s PM Declares Assault on Tigray State Capital, Mekelle
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has announced the launch of the "final phase" of the Ethiopian federal army’s operation in Tigray following weeks of fighting. His declaration followed an ultimatum he gave, for Tigray fighters to surrender, having lapsed on Wednesday. The...
Surrender Deadline Sets in for Tigray
The ultimatum set by the Ethiopian federal government for Tigray leaders to surrender was to expire at 16H30 GMT on Wednesday. Al Jazeera reports that Ethiopia’s military is threatening to bombard Tigray’s capital. The city has a population of half a million people....
WHO Issues Warning of Holiday Surge in Coronavirus Infections
All Africa reports that according to the World Health Organization, 19 African countries have reported a 20 per cent rise in new coronavirus infections in the past month. The WHO has issued a warning that, as families plan end-of-year festivities, the African...
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