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A young boy walks past a wall with graffiti urging people to wear face masks in Harare, on May 28. Manhunts have begun after hundreds of people fled quarantine centres in Zimbabwe and Malawi. Authorities worry they will spread COVID-19 in countries whose health systems can be rapidly overwhelmed. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Marko Phiri
As under Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s contemporary political elite continue to trample on civil libertie with what the same disregard of censure from both local moral authorities and international human rights organizations.
Politics & SocietyNews
Frederick Nzwili - Religion News Service
Church leaders in Africa are urging more attention be paid to the problem of spousal abuse during the pandemic.
FaithNews
Valentine Iwenwanne - Catholic News Service
Nigeria has seen an increase in the rates of tuberculosis and Hansen's disease. Late diagnosis and lack of effective tools for prevention and treatment have contributed to the lack of an effective model to predict their spread
Pope Francis prays before a sculpture of Mary and the Christ Child at the end of Mass May 7, 2020, in the chapel of his Vatican residence, the Domus Sanctae Marthae. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis also drew attention to Africa and recalled that 40 years ago, St. John Paul II spoke out about the plight of the people of the Sahel.
Politics & SocietyJesuitical
Jesuitical
A conversation with Jennifer Overton, the regional director for West Africa for Catholic Relief Services
A student chats on his phone in his room at an engineering school in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, April 1, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/Anne Mimault, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyNews
Jonathan Luxmoore - OSV News
Catholic clergy in Africa are concerned that there could be a rise in violence and insurgency during the pandemic, leading to more political and civil disruption.