Remembering COVID-19 Lock-downs in Five Takeaways
Emergency Food Distribution by Jesuit Urumuri Centre for vulnerable families most affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic March 2020 is the time most of East African countries registered first cases of COVID-19 on their home soils. In Rwanda, the
Challenges of a Global Governance System Devoid of a Global Government: Lessons from COVID-19
PC: UNICEF The pandemic of COVID-19 that befell humanity in 2020 has shaken the entire world to the point that no one was left untouched. Though primarily, a medical problem that needed a medical solution via a viable heath care
Together in Bailing Out COVID-19 Casualties
PC:Francis Kokoroko/Reuters The fight against COVID-19 requires concerted efforts that call on every nation to acknowledge its own limitation to playing solo in this endeavor. For a triumph in this battle will only mean that COVID-19 has been defeated on
Le rôle du politique dans la lutte contre le covid-19 et après
PC: Transaparency.org La lutte contre la pandémie du COVID-19 ne vise pas tant à enrayer sa propagation qu’à révéler le sens d’un monde dès lors qu’il est porté par la relationnalité. En d’autres mots, on impose le confinement, la distanciation
Why the entire world should act as one
PC: Greenpeace.org An ancient philosopher, Protagoras of Abdera once said that “man is the measure of all things”; as if to suggest that even the virulence of COVID-19 will have to be assessed from humanity’s standpoint. Indeed, whatever threatens a
Globalization of Solidarity in the Time of COVID-19
PC:cgtn.com In the recent past the world has enjoyed a real boom of the globalization of the market economy through which cross-border interaction and exchange of goods have made the universe a global village. In globalization, we have celebrated the
Inter-states Solidarity in the Time of COVID-19
(PC: Thinkglobalhealth) “Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable”, says an African proverb and we can rightly contend that humanity will be unbreakable if it stands together in solidarity as it faces the COVID-19 pandemic. The dynamics of international political and
Et si COVID-19 était un mal universel!
(mammuth iStock / Getty Images) La force de frappe du COVID-19 est propre à nous faire honte ! C’est un virus, l’histoire s’en souviendra, qui aura pu à la fois paralyser l’économie et mobiliser l’esprit de l’homme. Dans tous
The Goods of the Earth, the Poor, and COVID-19
(PC: Gettyimages ) As we endure the hardships of total lockdown in many parts of the globe, it is however judicious to take a look at the way people feel it differently while living in same localities. I recently threw
Minding the Plight of the Poor in the Time of COVID 19
(PC: ET) Currently, a number of countries have imposed total lockdown in the bid to halt the spread of COVID-19. A category of citizens who are well off have resorted to packing their stocks with all kinds of goods; but
Option préférentielle pour les pauvres et la crise planétaire du COVID-19
(PC: American Magazine) S’il est vrai que le Christ est maître (Jn 13,13), que tous les hommes sont convoqués à le suivre (Mt 28,19), s’il est vrai qu’il s’est identifié aux derniers de la société (Mt 25), alors la foi
Let’s keep in Touch as we keep Distance to halt COVID-19
(PC: Shutter Stock) Every era has its ills but no tragedy has shaken us before at least in the 21st century than the pandemic of COVID-19. With the advancements of technology and science we would have hoped to find a
Beyond Lock down and Physical Distancing
(PC: Washington Post) With the outbreak of COVID-19, we have quickly become aware of how fleeting our peace and happiness can be, and vulnerable our life is essentially constituted. For a privileged few, social network mediums have compelled a
Personal Responsibility, Common Good, and COVID-19
PC: (AFP or licensors) In my home area, a handshake, a hug, or a tap on someone’s shoulder used to be viewed as most tangible expressions of welcome, affection, and friendship; and the absence of the above were considered counter-cultural,
Le bien commun pour penser le COVID-19
(PC:REUTERS/Maggie Andresen ) L’humanité est en guerre, une guerre qui ne dit pas son nom, une guerre mondiale. La situation actuelle touche chacun et nous débarque tous dans une lutte contre le coronavirus ; ce que n’a pas fait les précédentes
Social Proximity Series – in the Time of COVID-19
PC: BBC News The world is currently facing the greatest common enemy of our time. Everyone is at risk and no social structures can confidently guarantee the protection we need from the menace of COVID-19. And as of today, no