Middle East & North Africa

An aerial view shows rickshaw traffic in the downtown of Mogadishu, Somalia February 14, 2018. REUTERS/Feisal Omar

The economic resilience of African countries offers a template for growth in a post-COVID-19 era

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Webinar: Public health and COVID-19 in MENA: Impact, response and outlook

4:00 PM - 5:00 PM AST

A vendor wearing a protective face mask serves a customer in his shop, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, amid concerns over the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Boufarik, wilaya of Blida in Algeria, April 25, 2020. Algeria has taken further steps to ease restrictions over the novel coronavirus by allowing several businesses to reopen "to reduce the economic and social impact of the health crisis" caused by the pandemic, the prime minister's office said on Saturday. Photo by Louiza Ammi/ABACAPRESS.COM

Will COVID-19 reshape Algeria’s political system?

Yahia H. Zoubir and Anna L. Jacobs

Sunday, May 10, 2020

A girl sits after receiving goods from volunteers during food and water distribution to the underprivileged and homeless, as Ghana enforces a partial lockdown in Accra and Kumasi in efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Accra, Ghana. April 4, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko

Putting women and girls’ safety first in Africa’s response to COVID-19

Chuku Chuku, Adamon Mukasa, and Yasin Yenice

Friday, May 8, 2020

People wearing face masks walk at a main shopping area, following an outbreak of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Shanghai, China May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Aly Song

Pandemic politics: Does the coronavirus pandemic signal China’s ascendency to global leadership?

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

GCC News Roundup: Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait implement new economic measures (April 1-30)

Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Demonstrators, wearing masks as preventive measures against the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), gesture and carry Lebanese flags during a protest against the growing economic hardship and to mark Labour Day in Beirut, Lebanon May 1, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir

Lebanon’s latest reform-for-support plan

Jeffrey Feltman

Monday, May 4, 2020

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA- Children wait in line to eat amid the coronavirus crisis in Cape Town, South Africa on April 30, 2020. Entrepreneurs and foundations have teamed up to feed children in the area. Approximately 300 children are fed daily since the onset of the coronavirus quarantine. (NO RESALE)

Africa in the news: COVID-19, Côte d’Ivoire, and Safaricom updates

Christina Golubski and Payce Madden

Saturday, May 2, 2020

Pakistani teachers and students of a madrasa, or Islamic religious school, offer prayers for Saudi King Fahd in Multan August 2, 2005. Saudi Arabia's King Fahd was buried on Tuesday in a simple grave at a Riyadh cementry, Saudi state television said. REUTERS/Asim Tanveer ZH/DY

How Saudi Arabia’s proselytization campaign changed the Muslim world

Friday, May 1, 2020

A worker is seen at a production line within the Shona Textiles Export Processing Zone (EPZ) as they make protective face masks and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), as a measure to stem the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Athi River near Nairobi, Kenya April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Njeri Mwangi

How the AfCFTA will improve access to ‘essential products’ and bolster Africa’s resilience to respond to future pandemics

Landry Signé and Colette van der Ven

Thursday, April 30, 2020