Thread by @CAAS_ACEA, Let's start a thread of pieces on #COVID19 in Africa written by [...]

Let's start a thread of pieces on #COVID19 in Africa written by African authors based in Africa & elsewhere. We'll start! Got ideas? 1/

Créons une liste d'articles sur #COVID19 écrits par des Africain.e.s basé.e.s en Afrique & ailleurs. Nous commencerons! Avez-vs des idées? 1/

Un article de / @iValodia's piece: https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-23-the-risks-of-economic-inaction-on-covid-19-are-significantly-high/

Op-Ed: Covid-19: Bold programmes are needed to mitigate the economic crisis

The Covid-19 crisis is first and foremost a health and humanitarian crisis that we are all living through, which is likely to have lasting impacts on how we live. It is also likely to have a lasting...

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-03-23-the-risks-of-economic-inaction-on-covid-19-are-significantly-high/

By / Par Karsten Noko https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/africa-social-distancing-privilege-afford-200318151958670.html

In Africa, social distancing is a privilege few can afford

If you live in a township, make a living in the informal sector, or travel on a crowded bus, how do you self-quarantine?

https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/africa-social-distancing-privilege-afford-200318151958670.html

Encore un autre, par / and another, by

Dr. Nadira Omarjee https://nai.uu.se/news-and-events/news/2020-03-25-poor-most-at-risk-as-covid-19-hits-south-africa.html

Poor most at risk as COVID-19 hits South Africa

Since reporting its ﬁrst case of COVID-19 on 5 March, South Africa now has the highest number of infections in sub-Saharan Africa. To prevent the further spread of the coronavirus, the country is...

https://nai.uu.se/news-and-events/news/2020-03-25-poor-most-at-risk-as-covid-19-hits-south-africa.html

By/Par Vincent Lali https://www.groundup.org.za/article/covid-19-its-hard-wash-your-hands-when-380-families-share-three-taps/

Covid-19: It’s hard to wash your hands when 380 families share three taps

“If I use the one bucket of water to do laundry then I remain without water to cook and wash hands”

https://www.groundup.org.za/article/covid-19-its-hard-wash-your-hands-when-380-families-share-three-taps/

And an impt. piece by/Et un article significatif de @Ogolah

Yet as the pieces here show, some journalists are doing a good job of representing local perspectives!

Comme ces articles le démontrent, par contre, il y a qd même des perspectives locales... https://theconversation.com/why-africas-journalists-arent-doing-a-good-job-on-covid-19-134416

Why Africa's journalists aren't doing a good job on COVID-19

The media is regurgitating an international narrative that may not be fit for localised purpose.

https://theconversation.com/why-africas-journalists-arent-doing-a-good-job-on-covid-19-134416

Here's another with a much-needed gender perspective, by @MSalimu !

En voici un autre, qui regarde l'élément genre à ne pas négliger. https://oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/how-to-stop-coronavirus-lockdown-leading-to-an-upsurge-in-violence-against-women%ef%bb%bf/

How to stop Coronavirus Lockdown Leading to an Upsurge in Violence Against Women - From Poverty to...

Guest post from Mwanahamisi Singano, a feminist activist Member of FEMNET The world is witnessing an unprecedent health pandemic. With more than 440,318 confirmed cases of COVID19 across the world,...

https://oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/how-to-stop-coronavirus-lockdown-leading-to-an-upsurge-in-violence-against-women%ef%bb%bf/

Another one (various authors) from @ROAPEjournal

Encore un autre (plusieurs auteur.e.s), de @ROAPEjournal https://roape.net/2020/03/26/out-of-control-crisis-covid-19-and-capitalism-in-africa/

Out of Control: Crisis, Covid-19 and Capitalism in Africa - ROAPE

Activists and researchers from across Africa speak about the impact of Covid-19 on their countries. Writing from Kenya, South Africa, Burkina Faso and Nigeria and Zimbabwe, Femi Aborisade, Heike...

https://roape.net/2020/03/26/out-of-control-crisis-covid-19-and-capitalism-in-africa/

By / par @Sisonkemsimang https://africasacountry.com/2020/03/homesick-notes-on-lockdown

Homesick: Notes on lockdown

We know what will happen with this new virus, and so I cannot blissfully self-isolate.

https://africasacountry.com/2020/03/homesick-notes-on-lockdown

Another piece for our thread of stories on #COVID19 in Africa by African writers, by @TheYomiKazeem!

Un autre article pour notre liste d'articles sur #COVID19 en Afrique par des Africain.e.s, par @TheYomiKazeem ! https://qz.com/africa/1824401/coronavirus-nigerias-cdc-has-conducted-only-153-tests/

The troubling data point behind Nigeria’s low number of coronavirus cases

South Africa has conducted 100 times more coronavirus tests than Nigeria

https://qz.com/africa/1824401/coronavirus-nigerias-cdc-has-conducted-only-153-tests/

Other articles on this topic by @TheYomiKazeem available here:

https://qz.com/author/ykazeem/

D'autres articles à ce sujet par @TheYomiKazeem sont disponibles!

Yomi Kazeem

Yomi Kazeem is a reporter at Quartz, covering Africa-specific stories on politics and how it intersects with business, innovation, startups and culture. He graduated from Babcock University with a...

https://qz.com/author/ykazeem/

And this Twitter chat bringing together @chris_mungai , @cobbo3, @Nanjala1 ! /
Et cette discussion sur Twitter! https://mobile.twitter.com/chris_mungai/status/1243446166152511490

https://mobile.twitter.com/chris_mungai/status/1243446166152511490

Et cette contribution de @sadaoverall /

And this contribution by @sadaoverall https://www.theafricareport.com/24947/nigerias-north-coronavirus-in-the-worlds-poverty-capital/

Nigeria’s north: Coronavirus in the world’s poverty capital | The Africa Report.com

1. #Nigeria looks to stave off the #coronavirus from the north where its effects will likely be devastating says @sadaoverall 2. “So far #Nigeria’s purported preparedness to contain the #

https://www.theafricareport.com/24947/nigerias-north-coronavirus-in-the-worlds-poverty-capital/

As well as this article by @HassanIdayat

Ainsi que cet article d'Idayat Hassan @HassanIdayat https://africanarguments.org/2020/03/26/the-other-covid-19-pandemic-fake-news/

The other COVID-19 pandemic: Fake news - African Arguments

False information in Nigeria is undermining medical advice, proffering fake cures, inciting panic and being used for political point-scoring. The global COVID-19 pandemic is happening at a time when...

https://africanarguments.org/2020/03/26/the-other-covid-19-pandemic-fake-news/

Another piece for our list of African writers' articles on #COVID19 in Africa, from @uOttawa's @chidi_oguamanam!

Un autre article pour notre liste de contributions rédigées par des Africain.e.s sur #COVID19 en Afrique, de @chidi_oguamanam de l' @uOttawa ! https://commonlaw.uottawa.ca/en/news/africa-and-covid-19-blog-professor-chidi-oguamanam

Africa and COVID-19: A blog by Professor Chidi Oguamanam

https://commonlaw.uottawa.ca/en/news/africa-and-covid-19-blog-professor-chidi-oguamanam

Another importance piece by @OhTimehin

Un autre article significatif de @OhTimehin https://thecorrespondent.com/378/why-social-distancing-wont-work-for-us/8821051470-0c1f22cf

Why social distancing won’t work for us

Keep a distance from each other. Work from home. Or rely on a social safety net. The measures against the coronavirus pandemic are made by and for those parts of the world that can afford to retreat...

https://thecorrespondent.com/378/why-social-distancing-wont-work-for-us/8821051470-0c1f22cf

This really important thread by @SaalaJeng !

Cette excellente liste d'articles, compilée par @SaalaJeng ! https://mobile.twitter.com/SaalaJeng/status/1244225040507379712

https://mobile.twitter.com/SaalaJeng/status/1244225040507379712

Another blog link for the collection, by #SamuelAniegyeNtewusu! H/T @GMathys

Un autre blogue pour la collection, rédigé par #SamuelAniegyeNtewusu! Merci, @GMathys https://twitter.com/ASCLeiden/status/1244610309152804864

https://twitter.com/ASCLeiden/status/1244610309152804864

And a piece reflecting on political ramifications of the pandemic, in Uganda, by @Patienceakumu

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/29/coronavirus-uganda-used-to-lockdowns-poor-healthcare-but-we-are-terrified

Et un article qui traite des conséquences politiques de la pandémie, en Ouganda, par @Patienceakumu

We Ugandans are used to lockdowns and poor healthcare. But we’re terrified

Coronavirus has given President Yoweri Museveni an opportunity to further clamp down on freedoms

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/29/coronavirus-uganda-used-to-lockdowns-poor-healthcare-but-we-are-terrified

Impt. counter-perspective by @Udadisi

Une perspective alternative de @Udadisi

https://www.coronatimes.net/social-distancing-africa-can-do-it/?fbclid=IwAR0e3btoJlFqaoTd6htpxt9Ci0xC29_Xj0_QNk3OGalRjSKU6gAPAVQbEIo

"There is an old and tired argument [...] Africa cannot do this or that [...]; it is too poor to afford such and such; or too social."

"the old trope of African incapacity"

Social distancing and "flatten the curve": Africa can do it

"Africa can't do this or that". "It's too poor to afford such and such". "It's too social". At the core of these views is the pathologising of Africans.

https://www.coronatimes.net/social-distancing-africa-can-do-it/?fbclid=IwAR0e3btoJlFqaoTd6htpxt9Ci0xC29_Xj0_QNk3OGalRjSKU6gAPAVQbEIo

And by / Et par

Dr Zaheera Jinnah https://mg.co.za/article/2020-03-30-the-lockdown-south-africas-test-of-its-democracy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1585601341

The lockdown: South Africa’s test of its democracy - The Mail & Guardian

How South African citizens, the police and the army, and politicians behave during the 21-day lockdown will have far-reaching implications for our democracy

https://mg.co.za/article/2020-03-30-the-lockdown-south-africas-test-of-its-democracy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1585601341

Cette réflexion par Rahmane Idrissa

This reflection piece by Rahmane Idrissa https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2020/03/29/pandemic-journal-march-23-30/?fbclid=IwAR1bLZcIa0tTm4EQs-gEbuBtZWzB-iPgjA20Ybp--tzTa6L2QRwl1kTKzis#idrissa

Pandemic Journal, March 23–29 | Daily

A running series of brief dispatches by New York Review writers documenting the coronavirus outbreak with regular updates from around the world, including Michael Greenberg in Brooklyn, Raquel Salas...

https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2020/03/29/pandemic-journal-march-23-30/?fbclid=IwAR1bLZcIa0tTm4EQs-gEbuBtZWzB-iPgjA20Ybp--tzTa6L2QRwl1kTKzis#idrissa

This piece making the link between natural resource governance and the response to #COVID19, in Zimbabwe, by @mukasiri

Cet article qui traite du lien entre la gouvernance des ressources naturelles et la réponse à #COVID19, au Zimbabwe, par @mukasiri https://mukasirisibanda.wordpress.com/2020/03/27/without-brushing-off-chinese-aid-where-is-the-money-from-our-mineral-wealth-going/

Without brushing off Chinese Aid, where is the money from our mineral wealth going?

Sibandas, Clarity and Mukasiri It seems like the donation made by the Chinese billionaire, Jack Ma, has given an adrenaline shot to government’s efforts to control the scourge of coronavirus. Witho…

https://mukasirisibanda.wordpress.com/2020/03/27/without-brushing-off-chinese-aid-where-is-the-money-from-our-mineral-wealth-going/

Here's another piece, by master's student Shireen Mukadam

Voici un autre article, rédigé par l'étudiante de deuxième cycle Shireen Mukadam https://www.mahpsa.org/as-the-middle-class-posts-lockdown-selfies-how-are-the-poor-coping/?fbclid=IwAR0Jvul_N63K_UgDhalg-ZHxgZrV2OIUxjx3yTqJDjUKZNI5T9WKC-b2Cn0

As the middle-class posts lockdown selfies, how are the poor coping?

ACMS Masters student Shireen Mukadam speaks to the poor about the impact of the coronavirus and the national lockdown on their lives.

https://www.mahpsa.org/as-the-middle-class-posts-lockdown-selfies-how-are-the-poor-coping/?fbclid=IwAR0Jvul_N63K_UgDhalg-ZHxgZrV2OIUxjx3yTqJDjUKZNI5T9WKC-b2Cn0

By / par @annakapambwe https://africasacountry.com/2020/04/addressing-a-pandemic-on-a-continental-level

Addressing a pandemic on a continental level

What are the roles of the African Union and the African Center for Disease Control in responding to COVID-19?

https://africasacountry.com/2020/04/addressing-a-pandemic-on-a-continental-level

https://www.cihablog.com/forging-a-global-policy-to-resist-the-threat-of-covid-19-in-africa/ by / par @kafmurhula

Forging a Global Policy to Resist the Threat of Covid-19 in Africa - CIHA Blog

By Toussaint Kafarhire Murhula, Ph.D. Constructive transnational leadership and policy coordination are two main ingredients needed to fight the current Coronavirus pandemic. On the one hand, we can...

https://www.cihablog.com/forging-a-global-policy-to-resist-the-threat-of-covid-19-in-africa/

Unintended consequences discussed by @shurufu

Des conséquences inattendues décrites par @shurufu https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa-locusts/east-africa-locust-swarms-gather-as-coronavirus-curbs-delay-pesticides-idUSKBN21L1IH

East Africa locust swarms gather as coronavirus curbs delay pesticides

Coronavirus-linked flight restrictions are hampering efforts to wipe out locust swarms on the verge of devastating crops in eastern Africa, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-africa-locusts/east-africa-locust-swarms-gather-as-coronavirus-curbs-delay-pesticides-idUSKBN21L1IH

By / par @Sabrina_Mahtani https://africanarguments.org/2020/03/30/decongest-africa-covid-19-prisons-urgently/

We need to decongest Africa’s prisons urgently. For everyone's sake. - African Arguments

There are three steps governments across Africa can take to avoid COVID-19 spreading through over-crowded prisons. Across the continent, prisons are overcrowded. They exceed capacity and are under-...

https://africanarguments.org/2020/03/30/decongest-africa-covid-19-prisons-urgently/

And / et:

https://africasacountry.com/2020/04/ugandans-brace-for-the-worst-after-museveni-announces-14-day-lockdown

by / par

@JoyceAbalo & @s_oparkivan

Ugandans brace for the worst after Museveni announces 14-day lockdown

As market vendors are beaten and the sick unable to move to hospitals, the wealthy prepare for the long-haul in their solar-powered homes.

https://africasacountry.com/2020/04/ugandans-brace-for-the-worst-after-museveni-announces-14-day-lockdown

Et / and https://twitter.com/jchitchen/status/1246143326471979015

https://twitter.com/jchitchen/status/1246143326471979015

Et cet réflexion d' @AmoryLumumba

And this reflection piece by @AmoryLumumba https://intelcongo.com/covid-19-la-tentation-de-lautoritarisme/

COVID-19 : La tentation de l'autoritarisme - INTELCONGO

La crise du COVID-19 constitue un véritable défi pour l'Afrique. La RDC saura t'elle résister aux sirènes d'un durcissement de l'autoritarisme.

https://intelcongo.com/covid-19-la-tentation-de-lautoritarisme/

This interesting new angle by @EttaMadete

Cette nouvelle perspective de @EttaMadete https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/wake-call-healthier-design

A Wake-Up Call for Healthier Design | Think Global Health

Good design principles and simple measures to prevent the spread COVID-19 inspired by African traditional health centers

https://www.thinkglobalhealth.org/article/wake-call-healthier-design

Encore un autre par @SolomonADersso

And another one by @SolomonADersso https://mg.co.za/article/2020-04-03-in-the-face-of-the-pandemic-human-rights-are-a-necessity-not-a-luxury/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1585968210

In the face of the pandemic, human rights are a necessity — not a luxury - The Mail & Guardian

The Covid-19 pandemic is throwing the poor governance of some African countries into sharp relief

https://mg.co.za/article/2020-04-03-in-the-face-of-the-pandemic-human-rights-are-a-necessity-not-a-luxury/?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1585968210

This series of articles by @TheAfricaReport

Cette série d'articles par @TheAfricaReport

https://www.theafricareport.com/in-depth/corona-chronicles-30-march-3-april/

"we take a look at how COVID-19 is affecting the continent socially and economically and even culturally."

Corona Chronicles: 30 March – 3 April | The Africa Report.com

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to mount reaching a million people on 2 April, we take a look at how COVID-19 is affecting the continent socially and economically and even culturally.

https://www.theafricareport.com/in-depth/corona-chronicles-30-march-3-april/

Et en français, de @MonsieurRod

And in French, by @MonsieurRod https://fr.africanews.com/2020/03/31/afrique-le-secteur-informel-et-la-problematique-du-confinement/

Afrique : le secteur informel et la problématique du confinement

Le confinement ; un mot que l'on entend sortir de toutes les bouches en ces temps de coronavirus. À l'instar des pays riches, ceux du continent ...

https://fr.africanews.com/2020/03/31/afrique-le-secteur-informel-et-la-problematique-du-confinement/

https://www.theelephant.info/op-eds/2020/04/04/slaying-the-giant-an-epidemiologists-perspective-on-how-kenya-can-tackle-covid-19/

by / par @YatichN

NELLY YATICH - Slaying the Giant: An Epidemiologist's Perspective on How Kenya Can Tackle COVID-19...

There hasn't been a pandemic control that has succeeded without social capital. How Kenya and Africa will deal with this pandemic will squarely depend on the strength, resilience and adaptability of...

https://www.theelephant.info/op-eds/2020/04/04/slaying-the-giant-an-epidemiologists-perspective-on-how-kenya-can-tackle-covid-19/

This older piece by @gathara

Cet article un peu plus vieux de @gathara https://www.theelephant.info/features/2020/03/23/why-colonial-era-edicts-will-not-defeat-the-coronavirus-in-kenya/

PATRICK GATHARA - Why Colonial-Era Edicts Will Not Defeat the Coronavirus in Kenya | The Elephant

In tackling COVID-19, the Kenyan government appears to be oblivious to the needs of the majority of citizens. What do "social distancing" and "self-quarantine" mean in urban areas where slum dwellers...

https://www.theelephant.info/features/2020/03/23/why-colonial-era-edicts-will-not-defeat-the-coronavirus-in-kenya/

By / par

@TaibatLawanson https://theconversation.com/lagos-size-and-slums-will-make-stopping-the-spread-of-covid-19-a-tough-task-134723?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1585917226

Lagos' size and slums will make stopping the spread of COVID-19 a tough task

Lagos poses a set of particular challenges when it comes to making interventions work.

https://theconversation.com/lagos-size-and-slums-will-make-stopping-the-spread-of-covid-19-a-tough-task-134723?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1585917226

This list of resources by Awino Okech

Cette liste de ressources par Awino Okech https://medium.com/@awino.okech/a-feminist-reading-list-on-care-crisis-and-pandemics-eaf77a9d293b

A Feminist Reading List on Care, Crisis and Pandemics

Some of you will have watched the short clip of Vivian Balakrishnan the foreign affairs minister for Singapore who argues that the…

https://medium.com/@awino.okech/a-feminist-reading-list-on-care-crisis-and-pandemics-eaf77a9d293b

Comments by @MausiSegun, Human Rights Watch Africa Director

Ces commentaires de @MausiSegun, Directrice de Human Rights Watch Africa https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/04/03/waiting-storm-coronavirus-africa?fbclid=IwAR0C8Jez-BatjFJCtbtFevKrkenUM5gcV9HKO9wNk6Mkd2shrSlei5OSZBE

Waiting for the Storm: The Coronavirus in Africa

While it may seem the coronavirus is reaching Africa more slowly than other regions, Human Rights Watch Africa Director Mausi Segun fears it could soon ravage the continent.

https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/04/03/waiting-storm-coronavirus-africa?fbclid=IwAR0C8Jez-BatjFJCtbtFevKrkenUM5gcV9HKO9wNk6Mkd2shrSlei5OSZBE

By / par @ymscientist and / et @YapBoum2 https://www-brookings-edu.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2020/03/20/coronavirus-amid-the-global-pandemic-lessons-for-africa/amp/

Coronavirus: Amid the global pandemic, lessons for Africa

For Africa, where most countries have relatively weak health systems, the slow arrival of COVID-19 has bought precious time to prepare.

https://www-brookings-edu.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.brookings.edu/blog/africa-in-focus/2020/03/20/coronavirus-amid-the-global-pandemic-lessons-for-africa/amp/

Et ce podcast / And this podcast https://twitter.com/GEC_CRG/status/1246753452996399104

https://twitter.com/GEC_CRG/status/1246753452996399104

And this new series of blogs - h/t @wunpini_fm

Ainsi que cette nouvelle série de blogues - merci @wunpini_fm https://www.africanwomeninlaw.com/post/women-access-to-justice-and-the-role-of-judiciaries-across-africa-the-feminine-face-of-covid-19

Women, Access to Justice and the Role of Judiciaries Across Africa: The Feminine Face of COVID-19

The first in our series on Women, Justice and Law Series: The Feminine Face of COVID-19.

https://www.africanwomeninlaw.com/post/women-access-to-justice-and-the-role-of-judiciaries-across-africa-the-feminine-face-of-covid-19

This @guardian article by @benokri

Cet article dans @guardian par @benokri https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/26/fear-of-covid-19-is-a-mental-contagion-ben-okri

Fear of Covid-19 is a mental contagion – and that's something we can fight

Panic brings out the worst in us. Instead let’s spread courage and solidarity, says poet and author Ben Okri

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/mar/26/fear-of-covid-19-is-a-mental-contagion-ben-okri

Another one from the @guardian by @NesrineMalik

Encore un autre du @guardian, par @NesrineMalik https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/06/coronavirus-crisis-nhs-not-drained-migrants-sustained-died-frontline?CMP=share_btn_tw

After this crisis, remember the NHS is not drained by migrants, but sustained by them | Nesrine...

The country must not forget Amged el-Hawrani and other foreign-born health workers who have died on the frontline, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/06/coronavirus-crisis-nhs-not-drained-migrants-sustained-died-frontline?CMP=share_btn_tw

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