Children and COVID-19 What Happens When a Child Gets COVID?

Todah OpeyemiMarch 8, 2022
Shadow Pandemic COVID-19, Women and Girls in Nigeria

Cynthia IgodoNovember 8, 2021
Dealing with National Health Emergencies in Nigeria COVID-19: Lessons from Polio Eradication

Charles BesidonneAugust 19, 2021
The Excessive Debt Burdens of COVID-19 Development Financing in the Pandemic

Chimezie AnajamaMarch 31, 2021

Special Focus: COVID-19

A virtual roundtable of Nigeria- and Africa-focused experts discussing how COVID-19 will affect Nigeria and the wider African continent.

Weathering the Storm COVID-19 and the Case for Universal Basic Income in Nigeria

Oluwaseyi SomefunJune 12, 2020

In Nigeria, health facilities in urban slums are few and far between, and likely to be overwhelmed if the virus spreads into these communities. Enforcing lockdowns will not be sustainable if governments do not provide a generous safety-net. Read more.

June/July 2020Special Focus: COVID-19

COVID 19 Pandemic Africans used to test drugs

Echoes of History COVID Vaccine Tests in Africa

Muzz MuhammadJune 5, 2020

That African bodies have been used to test drugs intended for Western markets and consumers is not fiction or conspiracy; it is a historical fact. Read more.

June/July 2020Special Focus: COVID-19

The Vengeful Outdoors? The Environmental Drivers of COVID-19

Amirah YusufMay 8, 2020

Lacking appropriate waste management, Nigerian communities face a high risk of becoming trapped in vicious cycles of environmentally driven COVID-19 infections.

April/May 2020Special Focus: COVID-19

Algeria protests in the midst of coronavirus pandemic.

Algeria’s Indefinite Pause What Will COVID-19 Mean for Algeria’s Year-long Protests?

Temi IbirogbaApril 20, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic provides the opportunity that Algerian authorities have been hoping for: a nonviolent way to silence unrelenting protesters. Read more.

AlgeriaApril/May 2020Special Focus: COVID-19

Muhammadu Buhari addresses the nation on coronavirus

‘COVID-19 is a Big Scam’ Citizens’ Distrust and the Challenge of Combating Coronavirus in Nigeria

Hakeem Onapajo and Jelili AdebiyiMarch 30, 2020

Although it is dangerous to entertain doubts towards the threat of COVID-19, Nigerians may have justifiable reasons to be sceptical about the government’s approach.

February/March 2020Special Focus: COVID-19