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UP Researchers use satellite technology to help farmers target weeds with precision
Azra Hoosen | ah@radioislam.co.za 11 October 2024 | 14:40 CAT 2 min read In a groundbreaking effort in precision...
Calls for Stricter Alcohol Laws: SAMNET discusses push for stronger controls in South Africa
Azra Hoosen | ah@radioislam.co.za 10 October 2024 | 15:30 CAT 3 min read The Liquor Amendment Bill, introduced in...
Ethiopia to Repatriate Women and Children after Saudi Camps Outrage
Global outrage over conditions in Saudi Arabia’s migrant detention camps has resulted in Ethiopia having decided to repatriate nearly 2,000 of it’s nationals by mid-October. The Ethiopian government began repatriating people, mostly women and children, last week. The...
Aid Worker Killed in DRC
An aid worker has been shot dead in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The BBC reports that the aid worker was killed in an ambush in eastern DRC. Aid group World Vision said another of its employees was seriously wounded in the ambush, while two were kidnapped during...
50 Expected Dead in Mine following Torrential Rains in DRC
Torrential rains in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have flooded a gold mine. There are fears that 50 miners have died. South Kivu governor Theo Ngwabidje Kasi said most "most of them (are) young". The mayor of the town of Kamituga, Alexander Bundya, however...
Castration for Child Rapists in Kaduna State, Nigeria
In Kaduna State, Nigeria, surgical castration has been approved as punishment for those convicted of raping children under the age of 14. Governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai has previously supported castration to prevent rapists from re-offending. While Nigeria's federal...
Somalia Appoints Prosecutor to Investigate Crimes against Journalists
Somalia's attorney general, Dr Suleiman Mohamed Mohamud, has appointed a special prosecutor for crimes against journalists. Dr Mohamud said that the prosecutor will probe and prosecute “those who carried out killings and maiming of journalists.” He added that...
Produce Prices in Uganda Collapse as a Result of Pandemic
The prices of fruit and vegetables in Uganda have been halved due to low demand. The BBC reports that farmers in Uganda have produced a bumper harvest. However, the interruption to the transportation of goods due to the measures imposed worldwide to curtail the spread...
Student’s Instagram Account Fights Sex Crimes in Egypt
Instagram activist, Nadeen Ashraf has exposed two major sexual assaults in two months. Ahmed Bassam Zaki, a former student at the American University in Cairo was arrested in July after several women used Ashraf's Assault Police account on Instagram to make...
Coronavirus Restrictions in Place for Senegal Universities Reopening
Five months after the coronavirus pandemic closed Senegal's universities, they began opening their doors on Tuesday. The 78 000 students at the county's largest university, Cheikh Anta Diop, in Dakar, were split into three groups. Africa News reports that some are to...
Zimbabwe to Return Seized Land to Farmers
Zimbabwe says it is willing to return land to foreign nationals whose farms were seized two decades ago. The seizures, which took place between 2000 and 2001 saw thousands of white farmers forced from their land. The land seizures took place under a government...
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