The world has not experienced the simultaneous and indiscriminate social, health, governance, and economic harm brought on by the COVID-19 virus in more than a hundred years. Continue reading “COVID-19 responses expose gaps in global governance”
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This Is How Somaliland is Fighting Corona-virus
Africa—with dense mega cities, poor health infrastructure, and heavy Chinese investment—remains a growing corona-virus [COVID-19] concern, even as African governments respond aggressively to the public health threat. East Africa, especially, is at risk because the corona-virus pandemic coincides with
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Ready or not? Africa and the Coronavirus
Africa has so far escaped the spread of the coronavirus, which first appeared in the Chinese city of Wuhan on 31 December, and has now gone on to infect more than 28,000 people and kill over 560 people, the vast majority in China. Continue reading “Ready or not? Africa and the Coronavirus”