Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro’s disrespect for science is now evident in his response to Covid-19

Uganda’s poor are struggling with the Covid-19 lockdown

Malawi’s Covid-19 lockdown has been suspended by legal action

Labour-intensive public employment schemes build vital infrastructure and alleviate poverty at the same time

Journalists in Libya work in an atmosphere of fear and lawlessness

Neglect of how the urban poor live, is making Covid-19 responses dangerous in many low-income countries

In India, Hindu-supremacists are now blaming Muslims for Covid-19

Though Zambia is ill-prepared to contain Covid-19, the government has responded fast

African responses to Covid-19 must be evidence-based and context-specific

Both ageing societies with declining populations and growing, youthful ones face serious challenges