NY Times Faces Music Over Africa Reporting Yet Again
"If reporting on Africa just caters to readers craving a glimpse into the strangeness of how the other half lives, we lose the chance for true internationalism," writes Mamka Anyona, a global health systems and governance expert, in her response to the New York Times article entitled "A Continent Where the Dead Are Not Counted" which suggests that the low death rates from Covid-19 in "Africa" are because Africans do not report death. Anyona says the question addressed by the article does warrant serious analysis: what factors contribute to the pattern of morbidity and mortality from Covid-19 seen in African countries? Why is it different from early predictions? Although Africa's youthful population may be an important factor, it gets only a passing mention. Effective countermeasures implemented by African governments may also be a strong explanatory element but is completely ignored, writes Mamka Anyona.
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Africa:
Africans Don't Just Live to Die. A Response to the New York Times.
African Arguments, 8 January 2021
If reporting on Africa just caters to readers craving a glimpse into the strangeness of how the other half lives, we lose the chance for true internationalism. Read more »
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Africa:
Over 72,000 Covid-19 Deaths Across Continent
allAfrica, 11 January 2021
As of January 11, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 3,051,591. Reported deaths in Africa reached 72,708 and 2,466,576 people have recovered. Read more »
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Africa:
Over 3 Million Covid-19 Cases Across Continent
allAfrica, 10 January 2021
As of January 10, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 3,021,772. Reported deaths in Africa reached 72,123 and 2,449,587 people have recovered. Read more »
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As of August 21, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 12,126,067 while 373,195,217 vaccinations have been administered across the continent.
Use allAfrica's interactive map with per-country numbers.
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Property has been destroyed at Mapanga Prison Training College in Blantyre following a scuffle between Malawians who recently returned from South Africa and police officers. The returnees went rioting as they demanded their passports back and immediate release to go to their homes, protesting the quarantine protocol. Malawi Police have moved in fast to enforce Covid-19 preventive measures in a country where over 225 people have died from a cumulative
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The country has crossed the 100,000 mark of total infections since the pandemic began, according to the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control. The NCDC says that at least 80,030 people recovered from the virus, while 1,358 fatalities were recorded. The first case was an Italian citizen who worked in the country and returned from Milan, Italy, to Lagos, on February 25, 2020. Nigeria is the ninth most affected African country after South Africa, Morocco, Egypt, Tunisia, Ethiopia, Libya, Kenya and
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