Corona Brief Africa

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The #FESAfricaCoronaBrief and blog series titled: “Disrupted: How COVID-19 is affecting societies across Africa” will investigate how African countries, governments and societies are responding to the pandemic.

With contributions from our 25 FES-offices in Sub-Sahara Africa, from partner organisations and affiliated experts, our blog series should serve as a platform for African and international voices to analyse the danger to societies and possible pathways to African solutions.

The views expressed in this blog series are not necessarily those of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung.

Vous trouverez les articles actuels en français sur la page française ou vous changez la langue en haut de cette page de EN en FR.

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Rolf Paasch

rolf.paasch(at)fes-uganda.org

News

Farmer beim Gemüsepflanzen in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso: Covid-19 and Terrorist Threats worsen Food Insecurity

Blog

Jean Philippe Jarry from Burkina Faso explains why Covid-19 is increasing food insecurity in a country already hit by violent jihadism.
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Polizeipatrouille auf einem Markt in Ghana

COVID-19 in Ghana: Rolling back the Human Rights Gains

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The Ghanaian Justice Srem-Sai describes how the enactment of emergency legislation could turn "emerging democracies" into "democratic dictatorships"
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Selling Vegetables in Times of Conflict and COVID-19

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Norman Taku describes the daily struggle of women at his local market in Bamenda, Cameroon.
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Coronavirus and the Electoral Dilemma

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Nic Cheeseman, author of several books on democracy in Africa, explains why postponing elections for COVID-19 may do more harm than good.
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SPLM-IO Rebellen mit Maschinengewehren im Südsudan

COVID-19 will increase Elite Competition over Resources

Interview, Blog

South Sudanese Activist Edmund Yakani on the multiple challenges for his country
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Minusma Patrouille in Mali bei der Datenaufnahme von drei Frauen

Covid-19: In the Sahel region, a health crisis may hide other ones

Blog

Baba Dakono from Mali stresses that it is not because of new challenges related to Covid-19 that the security situation in the Sahel is difficult.
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COVID-19 threatening the Jobs, Health and Living Environment of Namibian Workers

Interview, Blog, International Trade Union Policy

General Secretary of Namibian Metal Worker Union, Justina Jonas, about Labour Day in the Times of the Virus.
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How the Youth of Organised Labour reacts to COVID-19 in Sub-Saharan Africa

News, Blog, International Trade Union Policy

Preventing Workers from risking their lives (in lockdowns and political conflicts) - by Emmanuel Adjei-Danso, chair of IndustriAll’s Sub-Saharan Africa Youth Committee
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Supermarkt in Ghana mit Markierungen des Sicherheitsabstandes zum Schutz vor Covid-19.

Struggles for New Normals after Corona

Blog

The Zimbabwean author Takura Zhangazha is asking what should happen towards a progressive scenario after the pandemic.
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The United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: STOP or GO?

News, Blog, Peace and Security

Jean-Jacques Konadje from the Ivory Coast is calling for an adjustment of the missions of UN peacekeepers.
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Covid-19: an opportunity that must be seized

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Faten Aggad, an Algerian pan-Africanist, highlights the opportunities created by the Corona crisis.
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A new African socio-economic paradigm to confront the pandemic and its impacts

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Reckya Madougou from Benin calls for a new socio-economic paradigm for Africa.
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Fake news and coronavirus, two global pandemics to counter!

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Worse than the new coronavirus itself, fake news is wreaking havoc, says the Ivorian journalist Israël Guébo.
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The Corona Pace

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Florent Couao-Zotti from Benin describes in literary form the side effects of coronavirus in his home country.
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The case for a global universal basic income

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Ruth Castel-Branco from the University of the Witwatersrand about informal economy, lack of social protection and a possible way out by a global strategy of redistribution.
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Comment la pandémie affecte le secteur informel au Kenya

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Economiste et partenaire de la FES, Jacob Omolo, propose des options politiques pour le secteur informel du Kenya pendant et après COVID-19.
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How the Pandemic is affecting the informal sector in Kenya

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The economist and FES-Partner Jacob Omolo, is proposing policy options for Kenya’s informal sector under and after COVID-19.
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COVID-19: Une lettre ouverte des intellectuels africains aux dirigeants africains

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100 universitaires et écrivains de premier plan appellent les dirigeants à gouverner avec compassion et à voir la crise comme une chance pour un changement radical de direction.
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Kooperationspartner von "What is Home?" Caritas, FES, What is Home

Exploring the Policy Coherence of EU Migration Efforts in Africa

Rückblick

Virtual roundtable discussion together with Caritas Europa on the impact of EU migration policy on sustainable development in Africa.
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FES Eu-Afrika Header für Onlineveranstaltung: EU und Afrika - Partnerschaft statt Patenschaft. Strategien für eine Neuorientierung der europäisch-afrikanischen Beziehungen

EU and Africa: partnership instead of sponsorship

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FES' regional office in Mainz together with Karl-Marx-Haus museum discuss with Europe and Africa experts the chances and challenges of a new European-African partnership (in...
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Männer laden Säcke mit Cashew-Nüssen auf einen LKW.

"African interests differ fundamentally from those of the EU"

News, Interview

Instead of glossing over differences with aid, the EU needs to fundamentally reform its cooperation with Africa. An interview with Robert Kappel (IPS Journal)
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Gestapelte bunte, gebundene Blumensträuße

Time for a Post-Coronavirus Social Contract!

International Community and Civil Society News, International Community and Civil Society

Global supply chains, added value and multilateral fora: Africa's integration is deferred to a distant future. But there are solutions. (English and German publication)
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