Given the enormity of the catastrophe that could befall Africa should the continent experience a full-scale outbreak of the epidemic, we deem it necessary to address the African Union on a number of urgent issues....
The first cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the Republic of Zambia on March 18, 2020. This involved a Zambian couple who had returned from holiday in France. One week later on 25th March 2020, 10 more cases were detected among a group of Zambians of Pakistani origin who had returned from a (...)
Tanzania has been under scrutiny from the World Health Organization (WHO) and other institutions for various reasons since COVID-19 began to spread across Africa. Specifically, Tanzania’s approach to fighting the spread of the virus has been classified as not being stringent enough and (...)
In the Central African Republic, which is considered by the United Nations to be one of the "least prepared" countries in the world to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, one out of every two people is in need of humanitarian assistance and about 70% of health services are provided by (...)
Located in the heart of the Sahel, Niger has a non-diversified economy, essentially dependent on agriculture (40% of the GDP). Despite the great progress made by the country over the last decade in reducing its poverty rate, the level of extreme poverty remained very high at 41.4% in 2019, (...)
Mauritius is a tourism destination island nation of 1.2 million people. The coronavirus entered the island on the 18th March, 2020. As of May 14, 2020, the country had recorded 332 confirmed cases with 322 recoveries and 10 deaths.
The government of Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth rightly (...)
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