Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration is streamrolling constitutional amendments while Zimbabweans are in lockdown.
Covid19
Arts and Culture Funeral rites and Covid-19: what must be done to respect tradition and keep people safe
It is important that procedures surrounding funerals are developed by public health officials alongside traditional and religious authorities.
Politics and Society How the U.S and UK are reacting to the need for more foreign medical professionals
The Covid-19 pandemic has shown how reliant the health systems of both the UK and U.S. are on foreign doctors who have most times had to battle immigration issues to meet the stringent requirements of their host countries.
Politics and Society Can Lourenço deliver at a time of crisis?
COVID-19 and plummeting oil prices are immediate crises that threaten the reform agenda of Angola’s president.
Politics and Society In the time of COVID-19, The US fails Africa
Despite its claims, the United States is not “leading” the global response to COVID-19. If it were, its approach to the pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa, the region most vulnerable to the economic impact of the virus, would be much different.
Politics and Society Magufuli confronts COVID-19 with prayer and snake oil
Tanzanians are increasingly alarmed at their government’s unscientific approach to the coronavirus pandemic.
Politics and Society COVID-19 strategies Africa can learn from
The United States’ failing coronavirus response experiment holds some important lessons for Africa.
Politics and Society COVID-19 has blown away the myth about ‘First’ and ‘Third’ world competence
Some of the worst health performers in recent weeks have been ‘First World’.
Politics and Society COVID-19 is casting Magufuli in the worst light, in an election year
His COVID-19 response has thrown the negative aspects of his presidency into sharp relief.