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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-19 in Africa: “Know your Epidemic, Act on its Politics.”

    By Alex de Waal
    March 31, 2020
    COVID-19 in Africa: Know your Epidemic, Act on Its Politics
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    We need to decongest Africa’s prisons urgently. For everyone’s sake.

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    March 30, 2020
    There are three steps governments across Africa can take to avoid COVID-19 spreading through over-crowded prisons. Read all our COVID-19 coverage  Across the continent, ...
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    Preparing for Covid-19 in Africa

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    Surviving COVID-19: Fragility, Resilience and Inequality in Zimbabwe

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    Zimbabwe had three confirmed cases and one recorded death of COVID-19 (coronavirus) as of 26 March, and a national disaster has been declared. So ...
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    The other COVID-19 pandemic: Fake news

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    False information in Nigeria is undermining medical advice, proffering fake cures, inciting panic and being used for political point-scoring. Read all our COVID-19 coverage  ...
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    How will COVID-19 affect Africa’s food systems?

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    Food supplies shouldn’t be too badly affected, but social restrictions will make it hard for many to buy and access food. Read all our ...
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    Africa Insiders: The COVID-19 recession is going to hurt

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    March 25, 2020
    Read all our COVID-19 coverage  African countries have so far seen relatively fewer COVID-19 cases than hotspots in western Europe, the US and East ...
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  • Covid-19Debating IdeasPublic Health

    Fill the Gaps, Feel the Pain: Insights from Sierra Leone on an Epidemic’s Impact on Local Taxation, Public Services, and the Poor

    By Vanessa van den Boogaard
    March 25, 2020
    Fill the gaps, feel the pain: Insights from Sierra Leone on an epidemic’s impact on local taxation, public services, and the poor
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    Covid-19 and the Culture of Eating Wild Animals in Central Africa

    By Theodore Trefon
    March 23, 2020
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    Covid-19: Africa must act locally, but keep thinking globally

    By Olusegun Obasanjo, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf & Jonathan Oppenheimer
    March 19, 2020
    A danger perhaps graver than the disease itself is the collapse of our economies, mortally wounded by a world turning in on itself. Read ...
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