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Shoppers queue at a grocery store during a nationwide 21 day lockdown in an attempt to contain the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Chatsworth near Durban, South Africa, March 31, 2020. REUTERS/Rogan Ward REFILE - CORRECTING INFORMATION TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Africa in the news: Impacts of COVID-19 on African economies and elections updates

Christina Golubski and Anna Schaeffer

Saturday, April 4, 2020

People queue to collect social grants and shop during a 21 day nationwide lockdown aimed at limiting the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Khayelitsha township near Cape Town, South Africa, March 31, 2020. Reuters/Mike Hutchings

Figures of the week: Perceptions of COVID-19 in South Africa, Kenya, and Nigeria

Thursday, April 2, 2020

A child is given a measles vaccination during an emergency campaign run by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Likasa, Mongala province in northern Democratic Republic of Congo March 3, 2020. Picture taken March 3, 2020. REUTERS/Hereward Holland

Ebola lessons for fighting COVID-19

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

Thursday, April 2, 2020

A chain is used to secure the gate of the Abuja National Mosque, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues in Abuja, Nigeria March 27, 2020. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Africa in the news: Debt relief in Somalia, government efforts to combat COVID-19, and new Boko Haram attacks

Christina Golubski

Saturday, March 28, 2020

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AGI launches Foresight Africa in Kampala, Kigali, and Dakar

Payce Madden and Christina Golubski

Friday, March 27, 2020

A passenger is seen at the South African Airways (SAA) customer desk, after SAA announced that it would immediately suspend all intercontinental flights until May 31 in response to a government travel ban aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa March 20, 2020. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

Africa in the news: The Uganda-EU deal, politics, airlines, and COVID-19 updates

Christina Golubski and Payce Madden

Saturday, March 21, 2020

An employee of Kenyan railway cooperation sprays disinfectant to prevent the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), at the main railway station in Nairobi, Kenya, March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Coronavirus: Amid the global pandemic, lessons for Africa

Yvonne Mburu and Yap Boum II

Friday, March 20, 2020

An employee looks for medicine at a hospital pharmacy in Abidjan April 8, 2011. Days of clashes between forces loyal to presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara and incumbent Laurent Gbagbo, who refuses to cede power, have turned what was once known as the "Paris of Africa" into a ghost city. Aid agencies say hospitals are overwhelmed with wounded, medical supplies are lacking and doctors and nurses sometimes have to work without running water and electricity. REUTERS/ Thierry Gouegnon (IVORY COAST - Tags: HEALTH CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)

Figure of the week: African citizens’ views of basic health services

Anna Schaeffer and Christina Golubski

Thursday, March 19, 2020

A Woman wears a protective mask as she walks on a street in Adjame an area of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, March 17, 2020. REUTERS/Luc Gnago

Strategies for coping with the health and economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Africa

Brahima Sangafowa Coulibaly and Payce Madden

Wednesday, March 18, 2020

FILE PHOTO: Kenyan nurses wear protective gear during a demonstration of preparations for any potential coronavirus cases at the Mbagathi Hospital, isolation centre for the disease, in Nairobi, Kenya March 6, 2020. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi/File Photo

Africa in the news: New EU-Africa strategy, impacts of the oil price crash, and spread of coronavirus

Christina Golubski and Anna Schaeffer

Saturday, March 14, 2020