Vaccine apartheid
“Just ten nations have administered 75% of the vaccines worldwide. Countries like South Africa are being left behind.”
The problem with generalizations
Analysis and Opinion Egypt / Ethiopia / Kenya / Nigeria / Rwanda / South Africa Africa is a Country Article/Blog post by John Schellhase“Despite the media’s wish for a neat story, the African continent’s response to COVID-19 is all over the map.”
COVID-19 and cultural rites
Analysis and Opinion Kenya Africa is a Country Article/Blog post by John Schellhase“In a Kenya coping with COVID-19 restrictions, circumcision season presents an impossible choice between tradition and civil obedience.”
Algeria: Preparing for the long struggle ahead
Analysis and Opinion Algeria Africa is a Country Article/Blog post by John Schellhase“Due to the global health crisis caused by COVID-19, the Hirak movement decided to halt its weekly protests and marches in mid-March. But the amazing energy and dynamic created by this magnificent revolution has not disappeared. It metamorphosed into health campaigns and solidarity actions with the needy and most vulnerable in society.”
Not waiting for a savior
Analysis and Opinion Ethiopia / Ghana / Kenya / Morocco / Nigeria / Senegal / Somalia / South Africa Africa is a Country Article/Blog post by John Schellhase“The picture of how successfully Africa has combated COVID-19 to date may be up for discussion, but the innovation and ingenuity demonstrated in the continent’s response to the pandemic deserves to be reflected in writing on the global response.”
Johannesburg cannot police its future
Analysis and Opinion South Africa Africa is a Country Op-ed by John Schellhase“South Africa’s biggest city is ground zero for debates about the long-term effectiveness and constitutionality of militarized urban policing and how we imagine the post-COVID-19 city.”
Eritrea’s deteriorating state
Analysis and Opinion Eritrea Africa is a Country Article/Blog post by John Schellhase“Although the pandemic’s consequences had been fatal across the world, in extremely impoverished countries like Eritrea where the essential food items are rationed in stores run by the ruling party, the magnitude of the lockdown is immense. Eritrea’s elites who hold absolute power have already frozen the state in time for more than two decades.”
Missing datasets
Analysis and Opinion Kenya / Nigeria / Uganda Africa is a Country Article/Blog post by John Schellhase“Data on morbidity and mortality from non-COVID-19 causes but due to COVID lockdowns is largely missing. Data on the number of women who faced domestic abuse, and children who were sexually abused, is missing. Data on the response by governments to these women and children is, of course, also missing.”
Fighting the pandemic in the global South
Analysis and Opinion Africa is a Country Op-ed by John Schellhase“Global South countries now occupy six spots in the top ten of the world most affected countries by the coronavirus: namely Brazil, South Africa, Mexico, Chile, Peru, and India. And things are about to get worse.”
Although it’s dangerous, we need to survive
Analysis and Opinion Burundi / Uganda Africa is a Country Article/Blog post by John Schellhase“Burundian refugees in Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda are enacting grassroots responses to COVID-19.”
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