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Opinion

Thursday, 2 April 2020

Virus Outbreak South Africa

SHARING IS CARING

Multilateralism in the time of coronavirus

Last year, while looking ahead to the future of international relations, several global leaders wondered if “winter is coming”. Well, it ... has come. It’s the winter of coronavirus. At a time where regional and global solidarity should be the norm, it is the exception. This crisis calls for more (and better) multilateralism; not less. The crucial issue at stake is the state of our global health system.

Wednesday, 1 April 2020

incorrigible visionary

Thandika Mkandawire : an intellectual giant and incorrigible Pan-African

One of Africa’s foremost development economists and long-time advocate of continental unity, Thandika Mkandawire passed away in Stockholm, ... Sweden, on 27 March 2020, after a long battle with cancer

Time for change

What if coronavirus is an opportunity for African economies?

African leaders should know that the discourse of their Western colleagues has always been inconsistent. ...

Tuesday, 31 March 2020

Sudan A New Strongman

ON THE BRINK

Sudan’s transition to free elections undermined by Hemeti

The assassination attempt against Sudan's Prime Minister Abdella Hamdok’s on 9 March shows the fragile cooperation between military officers ... and civilians following the transition deal signed on 17 August 2019.

heed warning

Coronavirus in Algeria: A country’s last warning

The coronavirus outbreak has deepened Algeria’s legitimacy crisis. This could easily become a crisis between the state and Algerians, leading ... to a radical revolt. But it has also given Hirak the opportunity to think about new forms of peaceful struggle and the possibility of providing an alternative to the system.

Article 4/10 of "Corona Chronicles: 30 March – 3 April"

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Virus Outbreak South Africa

SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITY

Coronavirus in Africa: opportunity to reshape development

COVID-19 is a major global crisis that is exposing the lack of resilience of an increasingly highly connected world, and it is certainly not ... going to be the last. But can it be an opportunity to rethink development and what governments stand for, rather than simply fixing market failures when they arise? Can it be an opportunity to shift towards actively shaping and creating markets that deliver sustainable and inclusive growth?

Monday, 30 March 2020

Damage Limitation

Coronavirus: Africa must act on World Bank/IMF debt-relief proposal

Coronavirus compounds existing poverty challenges in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and requires urgent action to avoid economic collapse. ...

Article 9/10 of "Corona Chronicles: 30 March – 3 April"

Friday, 27 March 2020

Workers sew clothes inside the Indochine Apparel PLC textile factory in Hawassa Industrial Park in Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples region

Step Change

Coordinated response can protect African garments industry from coronavirus fallout

Exports of African textiles and garments have grown rapidly over the past decade, but US and European orders for African garments have dried ... up as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.

Article 7/10 of "Corona Chronicles: 23-27 March"

Thursday, 26 March 2020

Executive Governor of Kaduna State Nasir El-Rufai speaks during an interview with Reuters in Kaduna, Nigeria

vulnerable regions

Nigeria’s north: Coronavirus in the world’s poverty capital

With dwindling oil prices, medical doctors embarking on strike, banditry, an unending insurgency, millions of out-of-school children roaming ... the streets and a possible outbreak of the coronavirus, Northern Nigeria, is preparing for a devastating pandemic.

Wednesday, 25 March 2020

Felix Tshisekedi DRC and army

Army shake

DRC: Felix Tshisekedi plans to take over the army

Under pressure from Washington, the Democratic Republic of Congo's President Félix Tshisekedi may decide to dismiss generals and high-ranking ... officers targeted by international sanctions, prompting further reform in the army.

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