AfricaFocus Bulletin
April 2, 2020 Africa: Covid-19, New Africa-Specific Links
This AfricaFocus Bulletin is very short, with no long articles, but only a selection of new links that I think very useful and important to share widely. Many of you have shared previous Bulletins, and I hope that you will also share this (and/or the links you find most useful).
March 26, 2020 Africa/Global: Coronavirus Reflections and Updates
Like the climate crisis and economic inequality, the COVID-19
pandemic may not at first glance seem to be a “foreign policy”
issue. But it powerfully points up the need to forge a global
perspective – and global alliances – without delay. Progressives
must lead the way, and the coronavirus is an immediate opportunity
to change the way we think to always recognize domestic and global
realities as intertwined. Both self-interest and moral values make
this imperative.
March 16, 2020 Africa/Global: Coronavirus Updates
On March 15, President Ramaphosa of South Africa declared
coronavirus to be a national disaster, and a Science magazine report
from Cape Town called the virus a “ticking timebomb” for the African
continent. African countries gained a window of opportunity in which
to hold off the onslaught, thanks to their relative isolation from
international air traffic and their smart preparations based on
experience with Ebola. But it appears this window may now be
closing.
March 9, 2020 USA/Africa: Transnational Lives in Kentucky
Some arrived as refugees, as part of the refugee resettlement process managed by non-profit
agencies for the federal government. Some came to Kentucky from Africa for education, for a
job, or to join other family members. And some moved to Kentucky from other locations in the
United States, in search of smaller communities or better opportunities. Their experiences
were diverse, like immigrants from any other places around the world in any other time in
history. In the 21st century, however, new levels of transnational connections
have made possible ongoing ties enriching the societies of both their new and their old
homes.
February 24, 2020 USA/Global: National and Global Inequalities Are Intertwined
The recession that began in 2008 brought new life to the public debate on class and racial inequality in the United States. The #OccupyWallStreet demonstrations in 2011 may have left no institutional legacy, but they shined a spotlight on a yawning wealth gap and the role of the “one percent.” #BlackLivesMatter and related movements challenged complacency on entrenched racism … Public awareness of inequality, like awareness of climate change, was rising even before President Trump took office. But his administration’s sharp turn toward denial and regression on both issues has spurred active opposition and cut into the complacency of conventional Democratic Party politics.
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AfricaFocus Archive:
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February 10, 2020
Malawi: Historic Victory for Rule of Law
January 27, 2020
USA/Global: Green New Deal Can and Must Be Global
January 27, 2020
USA/Global: Beyond Eurocentrism and U.S. Exceptionalism
January 13, 2020
Russia/Africa: Upping Its Stake in Multi-Player Field
December 16, 2019
Africa/Global: Editor´s Commentaries, 2019
December 9, 2019
Africa: Continental Unity and Industrialization?
November 25, 2019
USA/Africa: At Home in Maine
November 11, 2019
Tanzania: Human Rights Restrictions Mounting
October 28, 2019
Africa/Global: Untapped Potential for Africa Climate Actions
October 9, 2019
Africa/Global: Targeting Corporate Shell Games
September 18, 2019
Horn of Africa: Interview with Kassahun Checole
September 12, 2019
South Africa: Xenophobia, Deep Roots, Today´s Crisis
September 12, 2019
South Africa: Spotlight on Gender-based Violence
August 12, 2019
Africa/Global: Tax Avoidance 101
August 12, 2019
Africa/Global: #MauritiusLeaks Reveals Tax Dodges
July 29, 2019
Africa/Global: Agribusiness vs. Agroecology
July 15, 2019
Africa/Global: New Horizon for Off-Grid Solar
July 2, 2019
Kenya/Global: Big Victory for #SaveLamu/#deCOALonize
June 19, 2019
AfricaFocus Updates: Sudan, Ebola, Mozambique
May 27, 2019
Africa/Global: World Bank Ramps Up Attack on Small Farmers
May 13, 2019
Africa/Global: Cutting the Costs on Remittances
April 30, 2019
Africa/Global: Fighting Tax Evasion and Tax Avoidance
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