28 February 2025 Remembering Ahmed Rajab, Pan-African journalist

From the website of The Muslim News, “Ahmed Rajab, the Zanzibar-born journalist, has died aged 79. Born in Vuga, Zanzibar, he was the son of Bi-Mhaza Kombo (from the Comoros Islands) and Ali Muhammed. He moved to the UK in 1964 and was married with three children.[. . .] Ahmed, an international journalist, political analyst, essayist, and columnist, worked for the BBC World Service and Index on Censorship. He was co-editor of the monthly magazine Africa Events, editor of the fortnightly bulletin on financial and political trends in Africa and the Middle East, and editor of Africa Analysis. He also worked with UNESCO and the UN OCHA. From 2006 to 2009, he was based in Dubai as Head of Newsroom (Middle East/Asia Bureau) for IRIN, the then-UN humanitarian news agency. Later, he spent another three years in Nairobi as Managing Director of Universal TV. He wrote extensively on Francophone and English-speaking African countries and was also an expert on the Middle East. Additionally, he contributed to Swahili newspapers in Africa.” click here.