The African Union Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) announced Wednesday that the number of covid-19 infections in Africa rose 88%, to 98,000 new cases, during the past week. Of the total cases, for the week of November 29 to December 5, 79% originated in...
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Covid-19: South African and Senegalese PRs criticize "Europeans" attitude towards Southern Africa
The ban on entry into Europe imposed on African countries by "Europeans" after South African scientists discovered the new variant, Omicron, continues to be the topic of the day in Africa and beyond. Several nations, including civil society organizations, have spoken out against the decision. At an International Forum on...
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Europe negotiates an enhanced protocol for resuming flights with Southern Africa
The French Secretary of State for European Affairs, Clément Beaune, said today, that Europe is already negotiating an extremely strengthened protocol to be able to resume suspended flights with southern Africa due to the Ómicron variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, recently detected in South Africa. During an interview with the RTL radio station,...
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Restrictions applied to Southern Africa also concern the UN
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appealed to world leaders who have decided to apply new restrictions on travel from southern Africa due to the Omicron variant. This Monday, the United Nations Secretary-General said he was deeply concerned about the isolation to which southern African countries are being subjected due to the...
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Covid-19: WHO Calls for Open Borders
In light of the decisions that have been taken by several European countries and beyond to seal off airports to countries in the southern region due to the spread of the new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, the World Health Organization has called for borders to remain open. The "WHO stands with African countries and asks...
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Covid-19: Cyril Ramaphosa Urges Immediate Lifting of Travel Restrictions
The South African government is urging the "immediate and urgent" lifting of travel restrictions from southern Africa imposed by several countries following the detection of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2. Second South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who addressed the nation this Sunday, said there is still a lack of "scientific justification" to support these restrictions. "The closure completely...
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Countries continue to bar travelers from southern Africa. Now it's Japan and South Korea's turn
While all of Europe has already announced the restriction of flights from southern Africa, now it was the turn of Japan and South Korea to follow suit. The two countries announced Saturday entry restrictions on travelers from southern Africa due to the Omicron variant of the new coronavirus, forcing them into stricter quarantines. The government ...
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"There is a risk of terrorism spreading to the entire southern region," warns SADC military mission
The Joint Southern African Military Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) believes that terrorism could spread throughout the southern African region if it is not urgently addressed. According to the SAMIM spokesman, terrorism in Cabo Delgado is "multifaceted. "Terrorism in northern Mozambique could spread to the entire...