NAMIBIA – The Namibian government has prohibited the import of fried chicken products from South Africa, a ministry spokesperson confirmed. Simon Nghipandulwa, representing the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform, said the ban applies …

The importation of fried chicken products from South Africa into Namibia has been banned, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform has confirmed. Ministry spokesperson Simon Nghipandulwa on Monday said the prohibition applies to …

Cape Town, 12 November 2025 – South Africa is still facing the devastating consequences of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), with outbreaks affecting both poultry, including ostriches and wild birds, including the critically endangered African …

The Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) has reinforced its biosecurity protocols in response to the ongoing Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) outbreak affecting wild seabirds along South Africa’s coastline. …

The Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) said it has reinforced biosecurity protocols in response to an outbreak of Avian Influenza. The virus spread to the Western Cape in July and has affected wild seabirds along …

… An outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) is taking a devastating … group said on Monday. The Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of … virus have been reported in wild seabirds since June, impacting several …

One poultry flock has been hit by the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus in Botswana, according to the latest update on the HPAI situation in sub-Saharan Africa from the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Affected …

… by members of the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird Agreement (AEWA … scale for millions of migratory waterbirds.  “Despite … Mozambique in the east, and south to northern Namibia and Botswana … highly pathogenic avian influenza outbreaks in wild birds since …

Earlier this week, the H5N1 highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus was detected in commercial poultry in central Bulgaria. This follows a near five-month hiatus, based on official reporting to the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH). A …

In what officials described as the first such case reported from any Indian zoo, Shankar, the lone African elephant at the National Zoological Park in Delhi, died in September due to the rare rodent-borne virus — encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV). The …