Rwanda’s resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic can serve as a lesson to the global community on addressing public health challenges…
Lessons from the COVID-19 Vaccination Campaigns in Rwanda
Covid-19 in Africa
This series brings together the research and reflections of fellows of SSRC’s Africa programs, scholars, practitioners, and activists on the nature, impacts and responses to the Covid-19 pandemic in Africa, including its local-global connections.
The Unequal Burden of Water Insecurity during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights from Uganda
The global importance of reliable access to safe water as being essential to containing the spread of the virus is…
Doing Research during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Coping with Risks, Managing the Consequences
This essay is based on my personal experience during this Covid-19 pandemic as a PhD student. I hope that my…
Reflections on Conducting Fieldwork during the Covid-19 Pandemic
The pandemic has necessitated the creation of new methodological tools and ethical practices, as well as the adaptation of older…
Building Peaceful Masculinities in the Context of Covid-19: Reflections from Fieldwork among the Dagaaba of Northwestern Ghana
This article reflects on Dagaaba men’s constructions of masculinity and the implications of such perspectives for everyday peacebuilding amid the…
Transborder (In)security in the Honde Valley and the Specter of Covid-19
Anxieties generated by military conflict, the Covid-19 pandemic, and the emergence of this jihadist militia have destabilized Honde Valley transborder…
The Impact of Covid-19 on Female Genital Mutilation in Egypt
The Covid-19 pandemic is adversely affecting people in diverse regions of the world, especially those in vulnerable situations such as…
The Covid-19 Pandemic and Nigeria’s Economic Crisis: Between Pain and Reform?
The Covid-19 pandemic has arguably resulted in the most severe global economic crisis since the Great Depression of 1929, which…
Covid-19: A Closer Look at Emerging Trends in Africa
When the number of new coronavirus cases began to spike globally in March, gloomy predictions expected that Africa would become…
The Future after the Covid-19 Pandemic: Remote Work in South Africa
On the 11th of March, 2020, Covid-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, Covid-19…