This article explores the impact of Covid-19, including the government’s response to the pandemic, on military counterinsurgency operations in northeast Nigeria. Prior to the pandemic, Nigeria’s counterinsurgency operation in the region had not been impressive despite a budgetary expenditure of over NGN 4 trillion allocated to the defense sector since 2009. The successes of the […]
Covid-19 in Africa
Coronized Lives in Response to Covid-19: Hopeful Lockdown or Haplessness?
Introduction The prolonged Covid-19 lockdown in Uganda is exacting a huge toll on the people’s resilience. Although the pandemic is global, it is experienced differentially in various countries and locales around the world. Preventive measures such as lockdowns have a long history as nonpharmaceutical interventions to blunt the force of extreme mortality events. However, there […]
Covid-19 in Africa
Between Religious Freedom and the Public Good: Reactions to Religious Restrictions to Prevent the Spread of Covid-19 in Nigeria
Background: Covid-19 in Nigeria Nigeria confirmed its first case of Covid-19 on February 27, 2020, when an Italian citizen on a business trip from Milan who had arrived in Lagos on February 25 tested positive for the virus. By March 22, when governments at both the federal and state levels began to intensify measures to […]
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by David Ngendo-Tshimba
Coronized Lives in Response to Covid-19: Hopeful Lockdown or Haplessness?
Introduction The prolonged Covid-19 lockdown in Uganda is exacting a huge toll on the people’s resilience. Although the pandemic is global, it is experienced differentially in various countries and locales around the world. Preventive measures such as lockdowns have a long history as nonpharmaceutical interventions to blunt the force of extreme mortality events. However, there […]
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by Jacinta Chiamaka Nwaka
Between Religious Freedom and the Public Good: Reactions to Religious Restrictions to Prevent the Spread of Covid-19 in Nigeria
Background: Covid-19 in Nigeria Nigeria confirmed its first case of Covid-19 on February 27, 2020, when an Italian citizen on a business trip from Milan who had arrived in Lagos on February 25 tested positive for the virus. By March 22, when governments at both the federal and state levels began to intensify measures to […]
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by Redie Bereketeab
Covid-19 and Eritrea’s Response
The challenge of responding to the Covid-19 pandemic is immense for poor countries like Eritrea. Eritrea has always depended on its people in responding to crises situations.1Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban, “Eritrean President Likens Coronavirus to ‘Sudden War’ of Historic Dimension,” Africanews, April 18, 2020, https://www.africanews.com/2020/04/18/eritrea-s-coronavirus-rules-chinese-italians-iranians-to-be-quarantined/. This time, Eritreans are being effectively mobilized to confront the […]
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by Duncan Omanga and Bartholomew Ondigo
Sub-Saharan Africa Will Most Likely Ride Out the Covid-19 Storm
Amid the ongoing Covid-19 carnage, there are fears that Africa will be blown apart by the virus. World Health Organization (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus issued a chilling warning to African countries: “The best advice for Africa is to prepare for the worst.”1“Burkina Faso Reports Sub-Saharan Africa’s First Coronavirus Death as WHO Warns ‘Prepare […]
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by Godfrey Maringira
Covid-19: Social Distancing and Lockdown in Black Townships in South Africa
Covid-19 has affected all forms of social and economic activity in and around the world. In response to the rapid spread of the novel coronavirus, governments have been forced to implement the global standard measures to curb the contagion. These measures include social distancing, quarantine, partial or total lockdown, and other restrictive measures. However, differences […]
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by Pamela Chepngetich Mainye
Reflections on the Two-Day Conference and Policy Forums in Washington, DC, March 5-6, 2020
On March 5 and 6, 2020 I was given the opportunity to be part of the Social Science Research Council’s (SSRC) African Peacebuilding Network (APN) and Search for Common Ground’s (SFCG) conference on “Rethinking Approaches to Chronic Crises in Africa: American and African Perspectives,” followed by a day of consultations with government agencies and think […]
Reflections on the SSRC-SFCG Conference and Consultations with Policy Makers and Practitioners
Reflections on the Washington, DC Conference and Consultations, March 5-6, 2020