Africa

Foreign tourists arrive at Suvarnabhumi Airport during the first day of the country's reopening campaign, part of the government's plan to jump start the pandemic-hit tourism sector in Bangkok, Thailand November 1, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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Thailand bans entry of people travelling from eight African countries

Starting in December, travel from Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe will be prohibited

Patrons dine-in at a bar by the harbour in the wake of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) regulations easing, following an extended lockdown to curb an outbreak, in Sydney, Australia, October 22, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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Australia starts 14-day quarantine for citizens travelling from southern Africa

FILE PHOTO: A person wearing a face mask walks through a mostly empty domestic terminal at Sydney Airport after surrounding states shut their borders to New South Wales in response to an outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Sydney, Australia, December 21, 2020. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
Coronavirus chronicle

Australia bans southern Africa flights over virus concerns

Passengers wearing protective face masks walk at Fiumicino Airport on the day EU governments agreed a "safe list" of 14 countries for which they will allow non-essential travel starting from July, following the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Rome, Italy, June 30, 2020. Photo :Reuters
Europe

EU countries agree to suspend travel to southern Africa over new Covid variant

A general view of the skyline of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia November 3, 2021. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri//File Photo
Africa

Ethiopia warns US against spreading false information on war

Zanzibar-born Abdulrazak Gurnah, who came to Britain as a refugee, won the Nobel in October for his long career dissecting colonialism and immigration. Photo : BSS/ AFP
Africa

Why Africa is dominating literary prizes in 2021

A giraffe walks near an elevated railway line that allows movement of animals below the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line linking Nairobi and Naivasha, inside the Nairobi National Park, in Nairobi, Kenya October 19, 2021. Picture taken October 19, 2021. Photo :Reuters
World+Biz

African nations mend and make do as China tightens Belt and Road

US President Joe Biden welcomes Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (not pictured) in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, US November 18, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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US President Biden to hold meeting with leaders from Africa in 2022 -White House

Brac Executive Director Asif Saleh. Illustration: TBS
Economy

Brac’s unique climate finance mechanism to be introduced in Africa: Asif Saleh

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Africa

School fire kills at least 25 children in Niger

Sudan's Sovereign Council Chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan attends a joint news conference with French President Emmanuel Macron and Sudan's Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok during the International Conference in support of Sudan at the Temporary Grand Palais in Paris, France, May 17, 2021. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier/Pool/File Photo
Africa

Sudanese talks make progress, source says, as international pressure grows

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Africa

Keep your promises on climate finance, African leaders tell West

FILE PHOTO: Jeff Bezos, president and CEO of Amazon and owner of The Washington Post, speaks at the Economic Club of Washington DC's "Milestone Celebration Dinner" in Washington, U.S., September 13, 2018. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/File Photo
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Bezos pledges $2B for restoring nature