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Food aid distributed in Simumbwe, Zambia, January 22, 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic strikes a country already hard hit by repeated droughts and declining copper production. Photo by Guillem Sartorio / AFP

In Zambia, the Health Crisis Plunges the Country into Recession

Meghann Puloc’h

Economist, country risk analyst at l'AFD

The ICRC must display neutrality and impartiality. But it must also constantly persuade local actors of the need for its presence. Here, in Mali in 2015. © icrc.org

The ICRC in Mali: going beyond humanitarian aid, to development?

Jean-Nicolas Marti

Head of Delegation Mali, ICRC

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Pastoralism, a major economic pillar in the Sahel and a source of resilience for populations. Photo: CE / ECHO / Anouk Delafortrie Flickr Cc

Pastoralism: a crucial factor of stability in the Sahel

Researcher, Specialist in adaptation to Climate Change at Ramboll France

Stephanie Brunelin

Economist in the Social Protection and Employment Division of the World Bank

An engineer presenting an experimental vaccine against COVID-19 at the quality control laboratory at Sinovac Biotech's facilities in Beijing, China on April 29, 2020. Photo NICOLAS ASFOURI / AFP

Frédéric Keck: "A memory of epidemics to imagine future crises"

Frédéric Keck

Director of Research at the Laboratory of Social Anthropology (CNRS-Collège de France-EHESS)

Nakasero market in Kampala, Uganda, April 7, 2020. Restrictions to limit the Covid-19 epidemic have led to a slowdown in activity, or the closure of many markets. Photo: Badru KATUMBA / AFP

Africa: COVID-19 Exposes the Vulnerability of Urban Food Systems

Alix Françoise

Project Team Leader and Climate Referent within the Urban Development Division, AFD

Urban planner, Project team manager at AFD

Nicole Madariaga

Project Team Leader in the Urban Development Division at AFD

A peacekeeper from the Nigerian contingent of MINUSMA in an armored vehicle, in the Menaka region of Mali. MINUSMA photo / Marco Dormino Flickr CC

New conflicts require better coordination among international actors

Crisis prevention & Post-Conflict specialist, Africa department at AFD

A French soldier from the Barkhane counterterrorism operation in the Sahel talks with a merchant in the town of Gossi (central Mali) on March 25, 2019. Photo by Daphné BENOIT / AFP

From beneficiaries to co-operants: overcoming conflicts of perception in the Sahel

Director of the Timbuktu Institute-African Center for Peace Studies (Dakar, Niamey)

A worker producing face masks that will be exported at a factory in Nanchang in China's central Jiangxi province. April 8, 2020 (Photo by STR / AFP) / China OUT

Covid-19: The Chinese Patient Launches its Diplomatic Offensive

Journalist, Specialist of the development in Asia countries

In developing countries, COVID-19 is not the only danger

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The pangolin is the most poached animal in the world. In 2016, 10 tons of pangolin scales seized worldwide were linked to Nigeria. In 2019, this number has reached 52 tons. Photo credit to Tikki Hywood Trust

Illegal pangolin trade, a priority for Nigeria’s development

Chervine Oftadeh

Expert with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Nigeria

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