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Judd Devermont

Judd Devermont is the director of the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies

A staff member of the Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC) screens passengers at a bus station after the government suspended all unnecessary movements for two weeks to curb the spread of COVID-19 Coronavirus in Kigali, Rwanda, on March 22, 2020. – African countries have been among the last to be hit by the global COVID-19 coronavirus epidemic but as cases rise, many nations are now taking strict measures to block the deadly illness. (Photo by Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP)

Covid-19 in Africa: The good news and the bad

What might Africa look like in the wake of the pandemic? There’s enough change happening to keep both optimists happy and pessimists glum

Simon Allison
Judd Devermont

EFF leader Julius Malema (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

Youthful politicians come of age

Southern Africa’s opposition parties are led by young men who offer a new political approach

Judd Devermont