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WHO classes new South African variant as ‘of concern’

The World Health Organization has said that the latest Covid-19 variant first identified in South Africa has been classed as a “variant of concern”. In an update this evening, the WHO said the strain had been given the name ‘Omicron’. It also said preliminary evidence suggests the variant carries higher risk of reinfection than other variants of concern. “Based on the evidence presented indicative of a detrimental change in Covid-19 epidemiology … the WHO has designated B.1.1.529 as …

EU countries agree to suspend travel to southern Africa

European Union states have agreed to suspend travel from southern Africa after the detection of a new COVID-19 variant, the presidency of the EU said on Friday.

A committee of health experts from all 27 EU states “agreed on the need to activate the emergency break & impose temporary restriction on all travel into EU from southern Africa”, the Slovenian …

South Africa’s city councillor says FOCAC boosts people-to-people exchanges

Anwar Adams, councillor of South Africa’s legislative capital Cape Town, on Thursday evening said the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) boosts the exchanges between the youths of China and South Africa. The relations between China and South Africa have gotten better under the FOCAC, and he is expecting the relations going from strength to strength, Adams told Xinhua in an interview on the sidelines of the opening ceremony of the Chinese Bridge Club in Cape Town. Through …

UN condemns electoral-related violence in Libya as alarmed by attack on court

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) on Friday strongly condemned any form of electoral-related violence after it was alarmed by an attack on a court in Libyan southern city of Sebha. “The UNSMIL is alarmed by the reported attack today on Sebha court. Recalling the UN Security Council Resolution 2570, Paris Conclusions and the Presidential statement of the Security Council with regards to accountability for acts that obstruct the elections, the Mission strongly condemns …

FIFA says opponents of 2-year World Cup fear losing top spot

FIFA World Cup Trophy is seen prior to the La Liga match between Club Atletico de Madrid and Rayo Vallecano. /Quality Sport Images/Getty Images

Opponents of FIFA’s push for World Cups every two years seem scared of being toppled from the top of world soccer, its president Gianni Infantino said on Friday.

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