Corona Brief Africa

Der #FESAfricaCoronaBrief, ein Blog mit dem Titel: „Zerreißprobe: Wie COVID-19 auf afrikanische Gesellschaften trifft“, untersucht wie afrikanische Länder, Regierungen und Gemeinschaften mit der Pandemie umgehen.

Mit Beiträgen von unseren 25 FES-Büros in Subsahara-Afrika, von Partner-Organisationen und uns verbundenen Expert_innen soll dieser Blog afrikanischen und internationalen Stimmen eine Plattform bieten, um hier die Gefahren für die Gesellschaften, aber auch mögliche Wege zu afrikanischen Lösungen aufzuzeigen.

Die in diesem Blog geäußerten Meinungen sind nicht notwendigerweise die der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.

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Bildercollage zum Thema Covid-19

Africa and Covid-19: Searching for new economic strategies?

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Hans-Joachim Preuss asks at the end of our blog series what lessons African governments will draw from the experience with the pandemic so far.


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Marktstand auf dem Kampala Markt

COVID-19 and the Underlying Symptoms of African Economies

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Ugandan development expert Fred Muhumuza wonders if the monies from debt relief will be channeled to those in need.


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Stand mit traditionellen Heilmitteln

Traditional medicine resources in the fight against Covid-19

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What role can traditional medicine play in the fight against COVID-19? Prof. Rokia Sanogo shares her experience in Mali.


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Journalisten in Schutzkleidung mit PPE

From Laughing Matter to Real Threat

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Media Lecturer Robin Tyson describes how the virus spreads slowly but steadily, even in Africa’s least populated state of Namibia.


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Student lernt von zu Hause aus am Laptop

Failing to flatten the Inequality Curve

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South African Lecturer Asanda-Jonas Benya writes about the challenges of Online Education under COVID-19.


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Tageszeitschrift Lagos

African journalists in the pandemic

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The journalist Gabriel Baglo describes how the suppression of freedom of the press and information in Covid-19 times leads to false news and rumours, even to infodemic.


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Soldat mit Coronaschutzmaske desinfiziert einem Mädchen die Hand in Mogadishu.

Peacebuilding under the Shadow of the Pandemic

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Security Analyst Hafsa Maalim writes about the fissures and opportunities in the ongoing efforts to peace and security in the Horn of Africa region.


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Frauen und Männer in traditioneller Kleidung singen an Thanksgiving in Lagos

Covid-19 in Nigeria: Once Again, Religion Stands in the Way

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Professor Jibrin Ibrahim describes how religious institutions in Nigeria have reacted to the threat of the virus.


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Menschen, die sich in Bundibugyo auf Ebola testen lassen, Westuganda

COVID-19, Ebola and Measles: How to fight multiple Diseases

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This blog entry is taken from the excellent website The Conversation. Here, Yap Boum is writing about the coping mechanisms in the Democratic Republic of Congo.


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Marktverkäuferin mit Bargeld in den Händen

The COVID-19 Crisis and Africa’s Emerging New Political Economy

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South African Economist Redge Nkosi describes how the coronavirus induced economic crisis has broken Africa’s development model.


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Supermarktregale

COVID-19 and African Photography: "We must own our Stories"

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The photographer Nana Kofi Acquah argues that Africa’s Liberation lies with the press – but only if African journalists are no longer puppets, but puppeteers.


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Bargeldloses Bezahlen an einem Marktstand

Government for the People in the Pandemic

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The Kenyan Attiya Waris, observer to the UN Tax Committee, and Vallarie Yiega from Nairobi School of Law describe how Covid-19 is changing African Governments’ Fiscal Policies.


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Sojaextraktion in Benin

Economic Consequences of Covid-19 and Structural Changes in Africa. Mali case study

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Malian scientist Etienne Fakaba Sissoko calls for a radical reorientation of macroeconomic policies of African countries towards greater autonomy.


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Portrait des kamerunischen Journalisten Samuel Wazizi

#PressFreedomMatters

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Zoé Titus, long-time media freedom advocate from Namibia asks us not to only confine our calls for justice to journalists of fame and celebrity status.


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Westafrikanische Zentralbank in Benin

Covid-19: Looking at Africa from a political perspective

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Amadou Sadjo Barry calls for a radical change in African politics.


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Bildcollage Blogeinträge zu Covid-19.

Blogging through the Pandemic

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Über die Schwierigkeit einen Coronablog zu betreiben, zu dem anscheinend niemand etwas Bedeutendes zu berichten weiß


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Mitarbeiter eines Herstellers für chinesisches Essen in Uganda.

China in Africa in a time after COVID-19

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Michael Koen argues that African countries need a more unified position to gain from the ongoing shifts in the role of major economic powers on the continent.


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Taxis in Ghana

COVID-19 in Ghana: A Gamble or for the Common Good?

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Michael Abbey from FES-Ghana argues that the early easing of restrictions in Ghana is more informed by politics and economics than by health data and WHO conditions.


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