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Travel safe, keep your distance signs at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, on Friday, August 6, 2021, in Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Schiphol, Netherlands. /Getty Images
Dutch health authorities said that 61 people who arrived in Amsterdam on two flights …
Australia imposed new restrictions on Saturday on people who have been to nine southern African countries, as the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 raises concerns about another wave of the pandemic.
The countries are South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, the Seychelles, Malawi and Mozambique.
“Effective immediately, the government will ban non-citizens …
Dean Burmester of South Africa tees off on the first hole to officially start the DP World Tour’s first event during Day One of the JOBURG Open at Randpark Golf Club on November 25, 2021, in Johannesburg, South Africa. /Getty Images
Golf, cricket and rugby became the …
South Sudanese authorities on Friday ordered an investigation after ten people including five children died after a boat capsized last week in the Kaka Tjiraria area on the White Nile River in the Upper Nile region. Chol Atem, the police commissioner of Upper Nile state, said 12 people, including seven children from one family, drowned in the river, and two bodies remained missing. “A boat capsized last Sunday in Kaka Tijaria area in Upper Nile region where …
Ghana’s parliament on Friday rejected the government’s 2022 budget proposal due to concerns over an electronic banking levy. It was the first time the national budget has been rejected since 1981 in the West African country. Ghana’s parliament is split between the two main parties following an election a year ago, increasing the risk of gridlock as the country struggles to rebound from the impact of the global pandemic and a heavy debt burden. Friday’s setback came …
