Implications of COVID-19 for Conflict in Africa
How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected armed conflict and political violence within countries? Focusing on Africa, a continent with a
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Emergency Powers, COVID-19 and the New Challenge for Human Rights
In the context of a global crisis, access to reliable information is more important than ever. Limiting free speech and press freedoms can impede accurate understanding and hence mitigation of the crisis. Beyond COVID, freedom of the press and expression are foundations of any functioning democracy.
Profiteers of the pandemic? COVID-19 has not killed global populism
Populism has revealed one of its weaknesses, by displaying particularly ineffective crisis management. However, it is not clear that populism will be politically unsuccessful in the post-corona future. The ability of populists to mobilise supporters, to concentrate powers and to spread a narrative of the crisis aligned with their nationalist and authoritarian ideology should not be underestimated. They could show resilience by relying on a broader anti-globalist narrative, conspiracy theories and polarization.
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) Africa Department and EU Office’s concluding seminar online event: Europe-Africa – Targeted Policy Advice in the run-up to the EU-AU Summit
The Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung’s (FES) Africa Department and EU Office organised a webinar series with the title “What’s the offer? A new