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

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

Blog

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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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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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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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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African journalists in the pandemic

News, Blog

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

News, Blog, Peace and Security

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

News, Blog, International Community and Civil Society

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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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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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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Blogging through the Pandemic

News, Blog

What we know and what we don't know. Some remarks on running a Coronablog in times of Covid-19
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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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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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Five Suggestions for Africa Policy after the German Federal Elections

Publikation, News

The new German government will have to play a leading role on Africa policy within the European Union. Henrik Maihack, Head of the Africa Department at Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung...
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Lorries on a road, representing trade within Africa

‘Africa can achieve more if it will speak with one voice‘

Interview, Global Economy and Corporate Responsibility

David Luke on the free trade area which will contribute to transforming trade in the African continent and drive long-overdue industrialisation. IPS-Interview
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Several people on the side of the road holding up signs for their skilled profession, but who are unemployed and looking for a job.

How to tackle Africa’s employment crisis

News, Global Economy and Corporate Responsibility

The Covid-19 pandemic aggravated Africa's already severe employment crisis. The solution lies in a long-term political and economic transformation, says Johann Ivanov in the IPS...
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The EU in Africa: will Member States follow the lead?

Publikation, News

2021 could be a special year for Euro-African relations: a proposed new partnership, a EU-AU leaders’ summit, and the new post-Cotonou agreement. But are the approaches in line...
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