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[LISTEN] The Africa Report: “Africa Needs People with a Heart for it”

Umm Muhammed Umar On the Africa Report, Radio Islam spoke to Dr Mustafa Mehta about why the United States was so keen on setting up a base in Africa, and why African countries were resistant towards it. Dr Mehta said that every country had its own army, which was...

Zimbabwe’s Health Care Workers Strike Over Poor Wages

Written by Umamah Bakharia  Doctors, nurses and other health sector workers in Zimbabwe have told the government that they'll go on strike today in protest against poor working conditions and remuneration. Reports suggest that healthcare workers' remuneration is so...

Zimbabwe’s Economic Crisis Worsens As Inflation Increases

Written by Umamah Bakharia  Zimbabwe's economic crisis seems to be worsening.  The fall-out from the Ukraine invasion, a local currency and government interventions are all contributing to skyrocketing cost of living in Zimbabwe. With official inflation rates at 130%,...

15,000 sheep drown in the Red Sea as ship sinks in Sudan

By Neelam Rahim Officials said more than 15,000 sheep drowned on Sunday in Sudan’s Red Sea port of Suakin after a livestock ship sunk. The livestock vessel exported the animals from Sudan to Saudi Arabia when it sank. The ship, Badr 1, sank during the early hours of...
Kenya Mosque Angered by Jay Z’s T-Shirt

Kenya Mosque Angered by Jay Z’s T-Shirt

The Riyadha Mosque and Islamic Centre has expressed indignation after a Kenyan designer had, according to the mosque’s management, misused the mosque's portrait. This followed US rapper Jay Z having been spotted leaving a restaurant in California wearing a T-shirt...

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Niger: Attempted Coup Fails

Niger: Attempted Coup Fails

Security sources in Niger say that an attempted coup in the country has been foiled. The BBC reports that there had been heavy gunfire close to the presidential palace on Tuesday night, and that a group of soldiers had been behind the assault. They have since been...

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Egypt: Dozens Killed in Train Collision

Egypt: Dozens Killed in Train Collision

32 people have been killed in a train collision in Sohag, Egypt. Authorities say that more than 60 others have been injured. Al Jazeera reports that more than 60 ambulances had beeb sent to the scene of the crash, which Egypt’s railway authority said occurred when the...

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