Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 2-minute read 12 March 2023 | 22:04 CAT In Somalia, the number of people forced...
Africa Articles
African states led the charge against apartheid; they can also lead the boycott of Israel today
By Hannah Omarjee | homarjee@radioislam.co.za 08:03:2023 | 14:00 PM CAT 2 min read Dadoo, an activist and national...
Nigeria election 2023: Results start trickling in amid delays
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 2-minute read 28 February 2023 | 11:54 CAT The first results have been...
Africa’s highest capacity undersea internet cable reaches South Africa
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 3min read 7 October 2022 | 09:45 am CAT Africa’s highest capacity sub-sea internet cable, Equiano, has reached its destination in the ports of South Africa. According to a statement by Google, this project will have a significant...
The Africa Report
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 4 min read | 21:00 pm CAT In this week’s edition of the Africa Report, Radio Islam International discussed with Dr Emmanuel Matambo, Research Director at the University of Johannesburg's Centre for Africa-China Studies (CACS)....
Nigeria’s presidential candidates sign a peace agreement for 2023 elections
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 4min read 4 October 2022 | 11:16 am CAT Nigeria's presidential candidates signed an accord committing to a peaceful campaign for the 2023 election. Nearly all of the 18 candidates for president signed the agreement at an event in...
Students in Uganda stay away from schools following an epidemic of Ebola
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 4 min read | 13:45 pm CAT The Madudu Church of Uganda elementary school is eerily quiet following a pestilence of Ebola, which is keeping children away. The sub-county in Mubende District is the epicentre of a recently announced...
The Africa Report: tourism boom on the continent
Neelam Rahim | neelam@radioislam.co.za 5 min read | 15:00 CAT This week's edition of the Africa Report with Radio Islam International, Senior Research Fellow at Africa Asia Dialogues, Ebrahim Thembisa Fakude, highlights the various issues on the African continent. An...
Eswatini’s Supreme Court judgement threatens the rule of law
Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za 5min read 27 September 2022 | 10:00 am CAT The Supreme Court of Eswatini has issued a judgment to which legal experts are saying constitutes a threat to the rule of law and the protection of human rights in Eswatini. In its...
The U.S. says it kills 27 al Shabaab militants in a Somalia air strike
Neelam Rahim - neelam@radioislam.co.za 2 min read – 17:08 CAT The U.S. military said on Wednesday it had killed 27 fighters from the al Shabaab militant group in an air strike in Somalia's central Hiran region, where the army and allied forces have launched an...
Sudan’s Burhan’s response to Hemetti: The army would hand over power only to the agreed cabinet or after elections
Neelam Rahim - neelam@radioislam.co.za 4 min read 21 September 2022 15:30 CAT Abel Fattah al-Burhan, Head of the Sovereign Council, through his spokesperson, stated on Saturday that he would only render power to a civilian cabinet agreed upon by all the Sudanese or an...
The Africa Report: Significant number of people that don’t have access to power
Neelam Rahim - neelam@radioislam.co.za 2 minute read 20 September 2022 22:10 CAT Head of Programmes at Media Monitoring Africa, Thandi Smith, speaks to Radio Islam International on this week's Africa Report. Two issues linked to the Queen's death. The one is about the...