WHO: Omicron covid variant should be a ‘wake up call’ - a podcast by BBC World Service

The head of the World Health Organization warns the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus poses a global risk and has highlighted the need for global solidarity in fighting the pandemic.

Plus, the tri-annual Sino-Africa summit has begun in Dakar, Senegal, focusing on trade and relations between China and the continent.

And people in Accra pay tribute to the celebrated Ghanaian-American fashion designer, Virgil Abloh, who has died.

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