Africa: We All Deserve Protection From Covid-19

IPS

When I contracted Ebola virus disease in August 2014 while working as a medical doctor in a well-known private hospital in Lagos, Nigeria, I was denied access to a potential cure. Read more »

South Africa: The Impact of South Africa's Governance Response to Covid-19 [analysis]

Africa In Fact

When COVID-19 first struck, South African policymakers reacted promptly and implemented one of the world's strictest lockdowns for five consecutive weeks. Despite that, and a slow… Read more »

Africa: A Vaccine That Was Hijacked By the Rich

IPS

There is a longstanding belief that virtually everything in this world is stacked up against the poor and the downtrodden. Read more »

Africa: Child Poverty Will Remain Above Pre-Covid Levels for At Least Five Years in High-Income Countries - Unicef

Unicef

In high-income countries, only 2 per cent of fiscal stimulus was allocated specifically to support children during the first wave of COVID-19; a better balance of spending that… Read more »

South Africa: SA Is Failing to Meet the Challenge of a Second Wave [analysis]

New Frame

The intersection of the second wave of Covid-19 infections with the festive season poses real risks for society - risks that the government seems unable or unwilling to address. Read more »

Africa: The First Global Event in the History of Humankind [opinion]

IPS

The current pandemic is probably the first global event in the history of the human race. By 'global' I mean it has affected almost everybody, regardless of country of residence or… Read more »

Kenya: What We Learnt Fact-Checking the Covid-19 Infodemic On Whatsapp in Kenya

Africa Check

With movement restrictions in place due to Covid-19, unverified information still found a way of travelling, whether among family, colleagues or strangers - via WhatsApp. Read more »

Africa: This Project Gave Me a Second Chance [press release]

E.G. Pediatric Aids Foundation

On a plain in Tanzania's northern region, situated between Lake Manyara and the Great Rift Valley, Yasinta sits and surveys the mountainous vista from the doorway of her boma, a… Read more »

Angola: WFP and Govt Support Nutrition for Over One Million Children in the Province of Luanda

WFP

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Government of Angola today launched a nutrition project aimed to support the provincial authorities of Luanda in the treatment… Read more »

South Africa: People With HIV Should Be Central to Prevention Efforts [analysis]

New Frame

HIV and Aids programmes will work better if they integrate the message of the U=U campaign about the relationship between viral suppression and halting the sexual transmission of… Read more »

South Africa: Dancers Defy Covid-19 By Embracing Film [analysis]

New Frame

Four short dance films are a testament to mentorship, creative collaboration and the refusal of artists to be defeated by Covid-19 and lockdown restrictions. Read more »

South Africa: Community Health Workers' Pleas Fall On Deaf Ears [analysis]

New Frame

The Western Cape health department steadfastly refuses to grant permanent employment to these workers, who receive paltry salaries and little recognition for the vital roles they… Read more »

South Africa: Doctor Accused of Ramming Car Into Protesting Healthcare Workers Outside Clinic

GroundUp

The protesters supported by NEHAWU and TAC are calling for higher wages Read more »

South Africa: Pollution Adds to Covid-19 Deaths, Say Scientists

New Frame

Experts have linked around 15% of Covid-19 deaths worldwide directly to comorbidities caused by exposure to high levels of air pollution. This figure is higher, at 18%, in South… Read more »

South Africa: Covid Grant Extension Is a Lifeline for Asylum Seekers

GroundUp

Over 7,000 have applied since August Read more »

South Africa: 250,000 Domestic Worker Jobs Lost in Lockdown

GroundUp

Statistics South Africa survey shows dramatic effects of Covid-19 measures Read more »

South Africa: Covid-19 Has Made Inequality Worse, Researchers Find

GroundUp

Job losses may be long-lasting Read more »

Mozambique: Covid-19 - Another Death and 174 New Cases

AIM

The Mozambican health authorities on Saturday announced another death from the Covid-19 respiratory disease and 174 positive cases. Read more »