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Sri Lanka: State of Emergency Declared Amidst Protests over Fuel, and Other, Shortages
Umm Muhammed Umar Stores have opened in Sri Lanka’s capital, Colombo, amid tight security, following President...
Burkina Faso: Verdict on Thomas Sankara’s Assassination to be Delivered
Burkina Faso: Verdict on Thomas Sankara's Assassination to be Delivered Umm Muhammed Umar The verdict of fourteen...
Holy Sites Almost Ready to Receive Hajj Pilgrims
In the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, preparations are underway to receive the Guests of the Almighty for the annual Hajj pilgrimage. The Hajj will commence in just under three weeks. The Saudi Gazette reports that all the relevant agencies have almost completed their...
Journalist Yvonne Ridley Offers to Negotiate with Tauqir Sharif’s Captors
Lauded author and journalist Yvonne Ridley has offered to travel to Syria to obtain the release of British born aid worker, Tauqir Sharif. ‘Tox’ as Sharif is known, was taken by the Hay’at Tahrir Al-Sham group which controls Idlib, in Syria. Sharif was ‘arrested’,...
Vodacom Partners with Cloudflare to Enhance Cyber Resilience During COVID-19
Faizel Patel – 09/07/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) Reports of a recent cybercrime attack of a critical healthcare organisation earlier this month has raised concerns that South African businesses are not exempt, with the country seeing a 33% increase in the...
The latest on British aid-worker in Syria held incommunicado following abduction
https://soundcloud.com/radioislam/the-latest-on-british-aid-worker-in-syria-held-incommunicado-following-abduction
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[LISTEN] SA to be at Forefront of Deep Space Exploration with Support from NASA
Faizel Patel – 09/07/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) The South African National Space Agency (SANSA) says South Africa is expected to be at the forefront of deep space exploration after reports that the Western Cape could soon be hosting a communications centre that...
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[LISTEN] Australian Decision to Reimpose COVID-19 Lockdown in Melbourne a Lesson for World & SA
Faizel Patel – 09/07/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) Radio Islam’s Asia Pacific correspondent says strict lockdown measures reimposed in Australia's second largest city to prevent a second wave of COVID-19 infections spreading across the country is extremely...
Gauteng Overtakes Western Cape to Become New COVID-19 Epicentre in SA
Faizel Patel – 08/07/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) Gauteng has surpassed the Western Cape with the highest numbers of COVID-19 cases cumulatively becoming the epicentre of the pandemic in South Africa. The Health Department on Wednesday has announced that the...
Luxmi Cash & Carry in Lenasia Closed for Sanitisation After 2 Employees Test Positive for COVID-19
Faizel Patel – 08/07/2020 (Twitter: @FaizelPatel143) Luxmi Cash & Carry in Lenasia says the store will be closed on Thursday for cleaning, sanitisation and fogging after two employees tested positive for COVID-19. In a statement, Luxmi says the employees...
WHO Acknowledges Possible Airborne Spread of Coronavirus
The WHO has now acknowledged "evidence emerging" of the novel coronavirus being airborne. Previously the WHO had said the virus spreads primarily through small droplets expelled from the nose and mouth of an infected person. However, 239 scientists in 32 countries...