Coronavirus

Prayer and pandemics

Religion in Nigeria despite coronavirus measures

Around Nigeria, religious and social gatherings have been restricted to 20 people, in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus. This is ... having a big impact on the country's churches and mosques.

Article 2/10 of "Corona Chronicles: 30 March – 3 April"

beating the virus

Nairobi’s fight against Coronavirus gets violent

Nairobi is a city on edge, as its 4.4 million residents try to avoid getting infected from coronavirus during the day, during the dusk-to-dawn ... curfew, they try to avoid police brutality.

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

Playing for Time

Nigeria encouraged to let naira fall further as currency market locks up

The Nigerian central bank’s move to adjust the value of the naira represents what is likely the first instalment in finding a sustainable level ... for the currency.

RESIST RECLUSIVENESS

Coronavirus: resist protectionist measures says UN

Cooperation and solidarity are at the heart of the message the UN wanted to send on 31 March when it presented a report detailing the impact ... of the coronavirus and proposing an outline of a plan to combat it. Nevertheless, it is up to each and every country to decide whether or not they want to embrace the UN’s ideas.

Coronavirus top stories

Money Supply

Steve Hanke: African central banks have tools to beat stagflation, aren’t using them

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General, World Trade Organisation

free radical

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: ‘I hope the tensions won’t lead to World War III!’

CAPITAL REFUELLING

Airlines: South Africa’s Comair to unveil funding plan by end of March – CEO Orsmond

Money Supply

Steve Hanke: African central banks have tools to beat stagflation, aren’t using them

free radical

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: ‘I hope the tensions won’t lead to World War III!’

CAPITAL REFUELLING

Airlines: South Africa’s Comair to unveil funding plan by end of March – CEO Orsmond

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Sad in Senegal

Pape Diouf, former manager of Marseille, dies from coronavirus in Senegal

A former sports journalist, a legendary football agent and former president of Olympique Marseille football club, Pape Diouf, 68, is the first ... Covid-19 victim of Senegal.

Cash is King

Nigeria’s banks face direct hit from geared-up oil producers

The leverage and hedging strategies against lower prices used by Nigeria’s oil producers will determine their chances of survival – and the ... size of the hit to their lenders.

Article 6/10 of "Corona Chronicles: 30 March – 3 April"

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.

K Street battles

Libya’s Marshal Haftar lobbies the USA

The long-standing Libya crisis and the ambiguity of the United States’ stance on the matter are providing a new field of action for many lobbyists ... in Washington.

Care packages

Nigeria introduces stimulus package to ease coronavirus hit

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has introduced a stimulus package to help households and small businesses hardest hit by the adverse impact ... of the coronavirus pandemic.

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

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. ...