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…
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Covid-19 in Africa
Coronized Lives in Response to Covid-19: Hopeful Lockdown or Haplessness?
by David Ngendo-Tshimba
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
by Jacinta Chiamaka Nwaka
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 […]
Africa
Covid-19 and Eritrea’s Response
by Redie Bereketeab
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. This time, Eritreans are being effectively mobilized to confront the Covid-19 pandemic. On March 21, 2020, Eritrea’s information minister, Yemane Gebremeskel, confirmed the news that an Eritrean who […]
Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa Will Most Likely Ride Out the Covid-19 Storm
by Duncan Omanga and Bartholomew Ondigo
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.” It was not an idle warning. Africa has been the stage […]
Covid-19 in Africa
Covid-19: Social Distancing and Lockdown in Black Townships in South Africa
by Godfrey Maringira
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 […]
Reflections on the SSRC-SFCG Conference and Consultations with Policy Makers and Practitioners
Reflections on the Two-Day Conference and Policy Forums in Washington, DC, March 5-6, 2020
by Pamela Chepngetich Mainye
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