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The African Union has suspended Sudan's participation in all activities until the restoration of the civilian-led transitional government, and Sudan's top general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan defended the army's seizure of power, saying he had ousted the government of Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok to avoid civil war.

On this edition of Straight Talk Africa, host Haydé Adams examines the impact of COVID-19 pandemic protocols, restrictions and lockdowns on African travel and tourism. Our guests include Kamil Al-Awadhi, vice president for Africa and the Middle East at the International Air Transport Association, Kojo Bentum-Williams, communications expert for the U.N. World Tourism Organization, Paul Frimpong, economist at the Institute of Certified Chartered Economists and Lenias Hwenda, CEO of Medicines for Africa.