Africa

Combines harvest wheat in the Novovodolazhsky district of Ukraine's Kharkiv region on July 25, 2017. PAVLO PAKHOMENKO/NURPHOTO VIA GETTY IMAGES/Foreign Policy
Analysis

A Russia-Ukraine war could ripple across Africa and Asia

Beware of food price spikes and revolutions if Ukrainian grain deliveries are disrupted

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Africa

Gunmen kill more than 50 in Nigeria's northwest, residents say

A view of deserted roads during a lockdown due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia June 1, 2021. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng
Coronavirus chronicle

Malaysia lifts African travel ban, cuts booster wait amid omicron fears

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Economy

Contract farming in Africa in talks, again

A health worker administers a vaccine during the launch of the South African leg of a global Phase III trial of Sinovac's Covid-19 vaccination of children and adolescents, in Pretoria, South Africa, September 10, 2021. Photo: Reuters
Africa

'Extreme' vaccine discrimination risks leaving Africa behind - report

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Covid-19 in Bangladesh

No boarding pass for those returning from Africa: FM

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Coronavirus chronicle

Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, confirms first Omicron cases

A sign advertises coronavirus disease (Covid-19) testing ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, US, November 22, 2021. Photo: Reuters
USA

US does not impose new Omicron testing for passengers from southern Africa

People wait before check-in counters at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, on June 17 as the airport resumed some international flights. Photo: Japan Times
World+Biz

Japan tightening border controls on three more African countries - Foreign Ministry

The national flag of Oman. Photo: Collected
Coronavirus chronicle

Oman bans travellers from 7 southern African states over Covid variant

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
World+Biz

Thailand bans entry of people travelling from eight African countries

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
World+Biz

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