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Trump confronts South Africa's president in Oval Office

  • May 21, 2025
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Is there a white genocide in South Africa?

  • May 21, 2025

Angry elephant uses tusks to lift safari car into the air, video shows

  • Mar 21, 2024

Bay Area woman in South Africa to get rid of landmines

  • Mar 10, 2024

Snake on a plane: Deadly cobra slithers up a pilot's shirt mid-flight

  • Apr 7, 2023

de Young exhibits work of South African artist Lhola Amira

  • Dec 20, 2022

22 people were found dead in a South African tavern: police

  • Jun 26, 2022

Omicron symptoms: Early indicators suggest variant causes mild COVID

  • Dec 22, 2021

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Bay Area woman in South Africa working with others to get rid of landmines in war-torn countries

  • Mar 9, 2024
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de Young exhibits work of South African artist Lhola Amira

  • Dec 20, 2022
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50 mutations in omicron could be its downfall, data shows

  • Dec 7, 2021
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Doctor says US travel ban won't stop Omicron variant from spreading

  • Nov 28, 2021
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Omicron is 'worst variant that we have come across,' experts say

  • Nov 27, 2021
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South African scientists detect new COVID variant amid spike

  • Nov 26, 2021
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Local health official explains concerns with C.1.2 COVID variant

  • Sep 1, 2021
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Lions maul suspected rhino poachers on African game reserve, owner says

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Latest Stories

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Venomous snake found lurking in family's Christmas tree

Rob and Marcela Wild discovered one of Africa's most venomous snakes hiding between the tinsel and baubles at their home in South Africa.

  • Dec 15, 2021

How severe is omicron? Expert says variant's 50 mutations could be its downfall

"Unvaccinated people in South Africa are going to the hospital, but they are not suffering a severe disease. They are not requiring oxygen. Their hospitals stay is about a third as long as it was with delta," a doctor with Gladstone Institutes tells ABC7.

  • Dec 8, 2021

Los Angeles County reports its first case of omicron COVID variant

Los Angeles County health officials on Thursday confirmed the region's first case of the omicron COVID-19 variant. The county health department says the person is fully vaccinated.

  • Dec 3, 2021

'Probably already here': UCSF doctor says US travel ban won't stop Omicron variant from spreading

"If it's going to be really transmissible a travel ban isn't really going to stop what is going to happen naturally. By the time you recognize something it's probably already here," said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong.

  • Nov 28, 2021
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Experts peg Omicron as 'worst variant that we have come across'; here's what they know so far

"It's very likely that no matter what we do it, it will spread to other countries," a UCSF doctor said. In South Africa, where it originated, COVID cases have jumped from a steady 200 per day to 2,000. The next big question is, how effective will the vaccine be against this variant?

  • Nov 27, 2021