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People’s Science and Translocality in South Africa

By Vuyokazi Nelly Sharpley Leslie Bank
June 15, 2020

Can failure to take account of social embeddedness of economics account for the mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic?

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Covid-19, the Working Class and the Poor in South Africa

By Ncumisa Willie Faisal Garba
June 12, 2020

South Africa’s racial capitalism has consumed numerous Black working class lives.

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من على البعد: دروس مفيدة من تجارب العون في الصومال والسودان لأزمة كوفيد-19*

By Susanne Jaspars
May 26, 2020

Going Remote: Learning from Aid Practices in Somalia and Sudan for the Covid-19 Crisis

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The Dangers of Covid-20: South Sudan’s Political Dilemma

By Joshua Craze Naomi Pendle
May 14, 2020

Covid-19 presents opportunities to authoritarian governments throughout Africa to extend their control of society. The same is true in South Sudan

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Covid-19 Underscores the Need to Overhaul Social Policies Across Africa

By Nidhi Parekh
May 13, 2020

Covid-19 Underscores the Need to Overhaul Social Policies across Africa

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To Help Respond to Covid-19, African Governments Should Prioritise Taxing the Rich

By Wilson Prichard
May 7, 2020

African governments tax responses to Covid-19 may want to strategise sustaining and expanding taxation of rich individuals

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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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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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