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Coronavirus in Africa Tracker: How many covid-19 cases & where? [Latest]
Read all our COVID-19 coverage Confirmed coronavirus cases in Africa: 626,295 Recovered: 315,568; Confirmed coronavirus deaths: 13,804 Last updated: 15 July 09:15 GMT. Source: Africa CDC; ...They survived Ebola. Now they want to teach others to survive COVID-19.
Ebola survivors across West Africa could be a very useful knowledge resource to governments in their pandemic response strategies. Will they take the opportunity? Yusuf Kabba ...We condemn all police brutality except our own!
From the Wit-hole countries is African Arguments’ satirical section. It’s the news, but absurd. It’s sometimes better than the real thing, sometimes not quite real, and sometimes ...The (un)surprising effectiveness of African mediation efforts
Do African solutions to African problems work? I crunched the numbers. If you type “African solutions to African problems” into Google Scholar, the top academic articles ...Nigeria: Jumping on the bandwagon is not a COVID-19 strategy
Nigeria imposed a lockdown when it had few cases, then eased it as they accelerated. More importantly, it did not use the time it bought wisely. ...
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Tanzania: How long can its COVID-19 strategy hold?
With neighbours tightening their borders and internal criticism growing, President Magufuli’s government finds itself increasingly isolated. Read all our COVID-19 coverage Before the coronavirus ... -
Photo essay: In Congo, from epidemic to pandemic
Read all our COVID-19 coverage The Democratic Republic of Congo was getting ready to declare itself Ebola-free when COVID-19 hit. Since 2018 , Ebola ... -
Stay home and go to the museum
In Kenya and Uganda, innovators are showing how history can be preserved and shared in new formats for today’s audience. In Uganda and Kenya, ... -
COVID-19 responses in Africa: Ok, one size doesn’t fit all. Now what?
Discussions must move beyond the pros and cons of lockdowns. They must confront the real challenge: African states’ disconnect from ordinary people. Read all ... -
COVID-19: An open letter from African intellectuals to Africa’s leaders
100 leading academics and writers call on leaders to govern with compassion and see the crisis as a chance for a radical change of ... -
High-profile jailbreak undermines Somalia’s fight for justice
Abdirashid Janan’s arrest suggested justice might soon be served. His escape shows how far away it remains. On 31 August 2019, dramatic news emerged ... -
These diseases that affect 1.5 billion people affect one group the most
Among the poor communities affected by Neglected Tropical Diseases, one group suffers disproportionately: women and girls. At first glance, Adzo Kouwonou looks just like ... -
What happens when we protest: #MeToo in northern Nigeria
Power and patriarchy have many strategies to resist action against sexual violence. But the #ArewaMeToo movement will not give up. Last November, I went ...
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