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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.)

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    Covid-19Tanzania

    Tanzania: It’s time for a lockdown, debt relief and much more urgency

    By Seif Sharif Hamad
    April 8, 2020
    Zanzibar and Tanzania can beat the pandemic and emerge more united, but we don’t have time to spare. Here’s what we need to do. ...
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    Barefoot Doctors and Pandemics: Ethiopia’s Experience and Covid-19 in Africa

    By Mulugeta Gebrehiwot
    April 8, 2020
    What experience of a people's-centred health system can Ethiopia teach the world?
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  • state of emergency covid-19 coronavirus: President Cyril Ramaphosa delivers well wishes to the South African Police Services ahead of the national lockdown on 26 Mar 2020. Credit: GCIS.
    Covid-19Politics

    Coronavirus: Beware the power grab

    By Eda Seyhan
    April 7, 2020
    The pandemic is a real emergency and the perfect excuse for a power grab. We must monitor abuses and be ready to take back ...
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  • Covid-19COVID-19Debating IdeasPublic Health

    Combatting Outbreaks: Why We Should Listen to District and Frontline Health Workers

    By Vandi Ahmed Susannah Mayhew Dina Balabanova
    April 6, 2020
    Combating outbreaks, why we should listen to district and frontline health workers
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    Covid-19Society

    When biodiversity fails, human health is on the line­­

    By Ellen Johnson Sirleaf & Ernest Bai Koroma
    April 6, 2020
    We governed nations hit by the Ebola crisis. We must tackle disease outbreaks, but also their root causes. Read all our COVID-19 coverage  The ...
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    Covid-19CultureTop story

    Stay home and stream: African film and TV to watch during lockdown

    By Wilfred Okiche
    April 3, 2020
    Read all our COVID-19 coverage  As more nations go on lockdown in a bid to contain the spread of COVID-19, movie theatres across the ...
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  • Covid-19COVID-19Debating IdeasEconomies and SocietiesGuineaPolitics and Political EconomyPublic Health

    Coronavirus Seen From the Land of Ebola: Lessons Learned, Reflexivity and the People in Guinea

    By Frederic Le Marcis
    April 3, 2020
    Coronavirus Seen From the Land of Ebola: Lessons Learned, Reflexivity and the People in Guinea
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  • Africa response covid-19 coronavirus markets and money
    Covid-19Economy

    Africa’s corona response rests on two things: markets and money transfers

    By Rachel Strohm
    April 2, 2020
    African countries can’t just copy rich countries’ responses to COVID-19. Here’s what they can do instead. Read all our COVID-19 coverage  As the coronavirus ...
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  • The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the suspension of AU meetings, the closure of offices, and changes to missions like AMISOM (pictured). Credit: AU/UNISTPHOTO /Mohamed Guled.
    Covid-19Politics

    COVID-19: The AU must adapt, not wait. It’s needed now more than ever.

    By Cedric de Coning
    April 1, 2020
    At the very time the African Union is most needed to manage crises, many of its operations have been put on hold. Read all ...
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  • Covid-19Debating Ideas

    Covid-19: Fear of Job Losses Could Make Tourism Indifferent to Wellbeing

    By Ateino Lucy
    April 1, 2020
    fear of job losses can make tourism indifferent to wellbeing
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