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How Can Sub-Saharan African Countries Minimize the Impact of Coronavirus Pandemic on Economic Performance?

Dr. Moon Oulatta, Director, African Trade and Development August 18, 2020

The large-scale effect of coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) sparked world-wide concerns over global economic developments. For Sub-Saharan Africa, the pandemic’s spillover effect on global trade and commodity prices has rendered its economic outlook bluntly uncertain. Particularly, because of the fact that the region’s economic trajectory remains on a balance-of-payments-constrained growth path. Which implies that Sub-Saharan Africa’s growth depends strongly on export, but the ability to import is also constrained by financial inflows and strong export performance; which in turn predictably depends on stronger commodity prices, foreign demand, and competitive depreciations (at least in the short run).

Source: The Women's Peace Table in Kololi, The Gambia in 2019. Photo by John Gbenagnon

Women as Peacemakers in Senegal – Voices To Be Heard

Khadeeja Haddy Sarr, Research Fellow, Youth, Gender and Vulnerability Policy Lab August 17, 2020

The role of women in peacebuilding continues to receive global attention whilst being mandated by United Nations Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325. The Casamance region in southern Senegal provides an excellent illustration of women as peacemakers.

In Arusha, Tanzania, Maasai Women See Opportunity Amid Crisis

Rebecca Ellison, Director, Youth, Gender and Vulnerability Policy Lab August 17, 2020

“A village which is not discussed is not built,” or in the Maasai language (Maa), “Ore enkan nemeiguena, nemeshetayiu.” To the 150 Maasai women in the small village of Olmringiringa, Tanzania, nowhere is this adage more true as when parents consult weekly to discuss a number of community service needs, including continuous learning activities for village children who have had their education disrupted since schools were shut down due to COVID-19 in March 2020.

Coronavirus Pandemic Poses New Challenges in the Fight Against Violent Extremism is Northeast Nigeria

Andrew Karl, Research Fellow, Security and Intelligence Policy Lab September 10, 2020

The spread of the coronavirus pandemic provides violent extremist groups with new opportunities to radicalize and recruit support in northeast Nigeria, where the public health crisis resulted in new restrictions on religious observations, acute economic fallout, and the increasing visibility of security sector abuses. While these developments threaten to exacerbate longstanding drivers of radicalization in the region, the pandemic will likely undermine the Nigerian state’s ability to counter these extremist groups, due to new constraints arising from budgetary shortfalls and shifting priorities that have placed new demands upon the police and military.

Kenya Should Adopt Comprehensive Sexuality Education to Address the Vulnerability of Girls to Early Pregnancies

Prudence Mutiso September 9, 2020

In Kenya, thousands of girls below the age of eighteen drop out of school every year due to pregnancies. Experts have predicted an increase in this number due to COVID-19 pandemic school closures. As Kenya continues to respond to the pandemic, it should prioritize and address the urgent need for comprehensive sexuality education in schools to reduce teenage pregnancies and protect the rights of children.

How Can Sub-Saharan African Countries Minimize the Impact of Coronavirus Pandemic on Economic Performance?

Dr. Moon Oulatta, Director, African Trade and Development August 18, 2020

PUBLICATIONS

How Can Sub-Saharan African Countries Minimize the Impact of Coronavirus Pandemic on Economic Performance?

Women as Peacemakers in Senegal – Voices To Be Heard

In Arusha, Tanzania, Maasai Women See Opportunity Amid Crisis

Coronavirus Pandemic Poses New Challenges in the Fight Against Violent Extremism is Northeast Nigeria

Kenya Should Adopt Comprehensive Sexuality Education to Address the Vulnerability of Girls to Early Pregnancies

How Can Sub-Saharan African Countries Minimize the Impact of Coronavirus Pandemic on Economic Performance?

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