Omicron: Countries stigmatising continent with travel ban on Southern Africa, says AU

Omicron: Countries stigmatising continent with travel ban on Southern Africa, says AU

Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, says the travel ban on southern African countries, due to the Omicron variant, was stigmatisation against Africa.

“They are condemning a country (South Africa) for having been transparent because its experts have worked tirelessly to inform the international community of the emergence of new variants.”

Mr Mahamat said this while reacting to the travel ban on Southern Africa countries at a news conference at the UN headquarters in New York on Wednesday.

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