Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
, by KIMEU Caroline
‘Racist’ inequalities leave sub-Saharan region bearing burden of more that half world’s new HIV infections, says Winnie Byanyima
The head of UNAids, Winnie Byanyima, has strongly criticised pharmaceutical giants for prioritising profits over saving lives, and warned that “racist” inequalities are (...)
, by FILIPI Andrea, WITTIG Katrin
In a dispatch from their lockdown in Kigali, two UK-based researchers Andrea Filipi and Katrin Wittig reflect on the international media coverage of the Coronavirus pandemic and Africa. They argue that the coverage has recycled stereotypical portrayals of Africa, and that the West may be losing (...)
, by ABORISADE Femi, BECKER Heike, SHIVJI Issa
Updates from South Africa, Nigeria and Tanzania on the reaction of governments, the struggles of poor communities and local left groups’ proposals for fighting the health crisis and beyond.
South Africa – social distancing and social solidarity By Heike Becker
The good news first: From Monday (...)
, by AFP, Reuters, The Guardian
Ugandan opposition leader and Senegalese progressive rappers among those taking to the airwaves with a message on how to avoid spreading Covid-19
Bobi Wine, a Ugandan musician and rising political force, has joined the likes of footballer-turned-president George Weah in resorting to song to (...)
, by ABORISADE Femi, ANYUOLO Lena, BECKER Heike, CHOTO Antonater Tafadzwa, GACHIHI Gacheke, KIENDREBEOGO Didier
Activists and researchers from Kenya, South Africa, Burkina Faso and Nigeria and Zimbabwe speak about the impact of Covid-19 on their countries, how governments are using the virus as a cover for wider repression, and the broader context of capitalism, climate change and popular struggles for (...)
, by Al-BULUSHI Samar
A long history of multinational corporate exploitation and political corruption crippled West Africa’s response to the Ebola epidemic.
In December 2014, approximately six months after the Sierra Leonean government announced the presence of the Ebola virus in the country, journalist and (...)
, by BATOU Jean
According to the latest predictions of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), if the Ebola pandemic continues to progress at the current rhythm, it could affect 1.4 million people in Liberia and Sierra Leone between now and January 2015, leading to the deaths of 700,000 in a (...)
, by PATO Thadeus
In recent weeks, the German and British authorities have publicly expressed an inconvenient truth – without realizing it: Ebola would be not a major problem for them (and other rich industrialized countries) but it is completely different in the (presently) affected countries of Western Africa – (...)
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