Highly pathogenic avian influenza has returned to poultry farms in Mali, following a 10-month absence.

Over the past month, further outbreaks of HPAI have been officially reported by South Africa and three west African states.

Cameroon has become the latest African nation to have a confirmed case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in poultry, including an affected layer flock of 12,000 hens.

While the first outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry for several years is confirmed in Burkina Faso, further cases have reported in four other countries in western Africa.

New cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) in poultry have been reported in Benin, Ghana, Niger, Nigeria and Togo

The administrator of the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service says Africa has a lot of potential as an export destination, but there are challenges to overcome.

South Africa’s trade regulator has announced a temporary increase in antidumping duties on select frozen poultry product imports from four leading exporting nations.

More poultry in Nigeria and South Africa have tested positive for the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus.