In Africa this week, dozens of countries impose restrictions on travel from South Africa, where the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus was first reported, and from other southern African states; Ethiopia's pro-government forces recapture the UNESCO World Heritage site Lalibela, which fell to Tigrayan fighters in August, as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's administration seeks to wrest back territory from the rebels; Ugandan troops step up their deployment in eastern DR Congo, in an operation against the notorious ADF rebel group launched in cooperation with Kinshasa; and in Somaliland, the territory of 4.5 million is fiercely proud of its independence, but three decades on, the lack of official status hobbles economic hopes.

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