Archives for March 2020
Mehari Taddele Maru | 24 Mar 2020 | Mail & Guardian A medical staff member washes her hands at the Wilkins Infectious Diseases Hospital in Harare on March 11, 2020, as they demonstrate their state of preparedness to treat the COVID-19 coronavirus i …
Rwandan man who breached coronavirus lockdown order eaten by crocodile Published: March 30, 2020
ANA Reporter | Mar 26, 2020 | The Independent Online File photo: Bongani Mbatha/African News Agency(ANA) Johannesburg – A Rwandan man who breached government’s instruction to stay at home during the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown to go fishing, has been …
What Happens in Sudan Doesn’t Stay in Sudan Published: March 30, 2020
Will Khartoum Become the Center of a New African Order or an Appendage of the Gulf? Michael Woldemariam and Alden Young |July 19, 2019 | Foreign Affairs Sudanese demonstrators wave flags at a rally in Khartoum honoring fallen protesters in July 2019/Mo …
The world before this coronavirus and after cannot be the same Published: March 30, 2020
Ian Goldin and Robert Muggah | March 27, 20200 | The Conversation “Living next door to Corona”/The conversation.com With COVID-19 infections now evident in 176 countries, the pandemic is the most significant threat to humanity since the second world wa …
In Africa, social distancing is a privilege few can afford Published: March 24, 2020
If you live in a township, make a living in the informal sector, or travel on a crowded bus, how do you self-quarantine? Karsten Noko|22 Mar 2020 | Aljazeera Women walk in the streets of Abidjan, Ivory Coast following the outbreak of coronavirus (COVID …
Learning to Live With Despots Published: March 24, 2020
The Limits of Democracy Promotion Stephen D. Krasner |March/April 2020 Issue | Foreign Affairs No James Madison: Bolsonaro in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, July 2019/Pilar Olivares / Reuters Throughout its history, the United States has oscillated between tw …
The Weakness of the Strongman Published: March 24, 2020
Power Grabs by Putin and Xi May Bode Well for Democracy’s Future Adam E. Casey and Seva Gunitsky |March 23, 2020 | Foreign Affairs Xi and Putin shake hands in Moscow, June 2019/Li Xueren Xinhua / eyevine / Redux Earlier this month, Russian President V …
The coronavirus and Africa: Exposing our vulnerabilities and inequalities Published: March 24, 2020
Ayesha Jacub | 22 Mar 2020 | Mail & Guardian As Africans we are no strangers to large-scale human loss. Memories of the HIV epidemic weigh heavily on our collective psyche. We remember what it was like to lose large groups of our community to a vir …
Zimbabweans’ survival strategies Published: March 17, 2020
Kudzai Mashininga |12 Mar 2020 | Mail & Guardian People jostle for a chance to buy a loaf of bread from a vendor at a market in Bulawayo on January 16, 2019, as shops and offices remain closed for business in the central business district following …
More African countries confirm first Covid-19 cases Published: March 17, 2020
Thirty African countries are now treating nearly 400 patients with Covid-19 David Lewis |16 March 2020 | Business Day Health workers wearing protective equipment disinfect a minibus in Nairobi, Kenya, March 14 2020. Picture: Picture: YASUYOSHI CHIBA / …