Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 28 November 2022 | 9:40 pm CAT Fighters from the al-Shabab armed...
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Equatorial Guinea faces elections as current president seeks an extension to his 43 year rule
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 22 November 2022 | 11:00 CAT Preliminary election results released by...
Humanitarian aid enters Tigray after a ceasefire agreement confirmed between Ethiopian gov & TPLF
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 2 min read 18 November 2022 | 10:40 CAT The first humanitarian aid convoys have...
Africa Report: Nigeria’s Elections, Sudan’s Lift of State of Emergency etc.
Written by Umamah Bakharia Geo-political analyst for SPM Intelligence, Damimola Olawuyi analyses this week's Africa report with Radio Islam International. Nigeria's General Elections Candidates Kick-Off Canvasing Nigeria's election office [INEC] has...
Climate activists demand ADB commit to just transition to 100% renewable energy in SA
By Annisa Essack 25:05:2022 Activists, including those from African countries, demonstrated outside African Development Bank offices globally on Africa Day. Radio Islam International spoke to Alia Kajee, Public Finance Campaigner, at 350Africa.org to find out more....
Umm Muhammed Umar Senior Research Fellow at the South African Institute of International Affairs, Stephanie Walters, was interviewed on Radio Islam’s ‘Africa Report’. Mali has withdrawn from the G5 Sahel in protest against ECOWAS sanctions, the latest in a series of...
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[LISTEN] Biden’s Deployment of Troops to Somalia Really a Business Decision
Umm Muhammed Umar Radio Islam spoke to Ebrahim Thembisa Fakude, Senior Research Fellow at Africa Asia Dialogue, about US President, Joe Biden's decision to send troops back to Somalia. While Ebrahim said that the troops were probably enroute to Somalia as the...
Concerned Africans Forum Speaks Out On Killing of Al Jazeera Journalist
By Umamah Bakharia The Concerned Africans Forum or CAF has spoken out against the shameful assassination of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh by Israeli forces in Jenin in the occupied West Bank in Palestine. CAF says the sadistic forms of violence meted out...
UN Envoy Urges Mauritania To Enforce Anti-Slavery Law
By: Zahid Jadwat A United Nations (UN) human rights expert has urged the authorities in Mauritania to take immediate steps to enforce anti-slavery laws.Following a visit to the West African country, UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery...
Nigerian Ministers Resign En-Masse To Contest 2023 Elections
By: Zahid Jadwat At least ten of Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari's ministers have resigned after he instructed all ministers, ambassadors, agency heads and other political appointees to resign by May 16 if they intend to run for office in the 2023...
Africa’s Travel Indaba 2022: High Expectations Against Backdrop of Struggling Economy
By: Zahid Jadwat Africa's best travel and tourism show has kicked off in the coastal city of eThekwini with high expectations against the backdrop of a battered tourism sector and a struggling economy at large. Tourism Minister Lindiwe Sisulu...
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Ethiopia: Government Says Reports That Tigrayan Forces Left Afar Are ‘Big Lies’
By: Zahid Jadwat Despite a spokesman for the Tigrayan forces announcing their departure earlier this week, the Ethiopian government said on Thursday that dissident Tigrayan forces are still in the neighbouring province of Afar. Tigrayan forces remained...