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Covid-19

Exploring the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Africa on health, the economy, politics, social issues, culture and more. (This section includes articles from both the main site and the Debating Ideas sub-section.)

African Arguments Covid-19

Coronavirus in Africa Tracker: How many covid-19 cases & where? [Latest]

By African Arguments
September 21, 2020

Read all our COVID-19 coverage Confirmed coronavirus cases in Africa: 1,406,682 Recovered: 1,154,203; Confirmed coronavirus deaths: 33,954 Last updated: 21 September 10:05 GMT. Source: Africa ...

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Should “formalization” be part of the post-Covid economic agenda?

By Julie Zollmann
September 17, 2020

'Informality is a boogeyman, but not for the reasons we sometimes think.'

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Failing to prepare for dignified COVID-19 burials is preparing to fail

By Stephen Fonseca
September 15, 2020

African countries can hope for the best-case scenario, but should plan now for the worst. Across the world, the coronavirus continues to spread with ...

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Covid-19 in the Deep Rural Areas of Mozambique

By Lowan Lee
September 8, 2020

Covid-19 in the deep rural areas of Mozambique

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Sex workers face a dilemma: to work or not during COVID-19

By Ohaga Ohaga
August 18, 2020

Kenyan sex workers are being forced to choose between their health and their livelihoods. Atieno* has been a sex worker for six years. A soft-spoken ...

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عالقون بين كوفيد وأوروبا العدائية -المهاجرون واللاجئون السودانيّون في بلجيكا

By Susanne Jaspars Dalal Rajab
August 18, 2020

المهاجرون واللاجئون السودانيّون في بلجيكا

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Africa in the Time of Coronavirus – Senegal: The Role of International NGOs and the State (Republished)

By African Arguments
August 3, 2020

Africa in the Time of Coronavirus: The Role of International NGOs and the State; case study Senegal

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Funeral Practices and Cultural Dignity in the Time of Covid

By Vuyokazi Nelly Sharpley Leslie Bank
July 31, 2020

Funeral Practices and Cultural Dignity in the Time of Covid

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Why the Kenya-Tanzania Border Row Undermines Prospective African Free Trade

By Peter Kirui
July 24, 2020

Why the Kenya-Tanzania Border Row Undermines Prospective African Free Trade

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Why the attack on civil liberties in Africa is a matter of life and death

By Resistance Bureau
July 20, 2020

During the pandemic more than ever, having a free press is a matter of life and death. Today, nearly every African country holds multiparty ...

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