Covid-19
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Lockdowns’ effects are political. Restrictions on the poor always are.
Those in the informal economy are particularly hard hit by responses to the pandemic. This isn’t inevitable. It’s the result of political decisions. Read ... -
The Campaign Against Tedros Adhanom: Objective or Ideological?
A unified response is critical to fighting bigoted and ideology-laden campaigns against proven leaders from Africa. -
How can African Tax Collectors Help Cope with the Economic Impacts of Covid-19?
It is very challenging for African governments to use tax measures to counter the economic consequences of the pandemic, and even more challenging to ... -
Covid-19: What Africa Can Learn from Africa – Community Care Centres
Africa lacks the advanced facilities found in Europe and North America however epidemics like COVID-19 respond to old-fashioned public health measures. -
Podcast: Never, ever, explain satire (plus plenty of COVID-19)
Read all our COVID-19 coverage Welcome to the latest episode of the Into Africa podcast created in partnership with African Arguments. Into Africa is ... -
Aid has failed. COVID-19 both exposes this and offers the chance for a reset.
Coronavirus has laid bare the failures of aid. Instead of it being wasted or used to prop up big men, it must now serve ... -
Sweeping powers and a transition on ice: Pandemic politics in Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s state of emergency gives it both vague wide-ranging powers and an impending political headache. Read all our COVID-19 coverage On 8 April, Ethiopia’s ... -
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 ... -
كوفيد-19 في أفريقيا: إعرف الوباء، واعمل على سياسته
Arabic translation of Alex de Waal's Covid19 in Africa: Know your Pandemic, Act on its Politics -
The pandemic will affect the mental health of all these groups
It is essential that governments include mental health responses in their plans to address coronavirus. Read all our COVID-19 coverage Like others across the ...
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