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South Sudan’s food imports in the time of COVID-19

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The coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) of 2020 is likely to have profound effects on stressed food systems in already hungry countries. Even before South Sudan reported its first COVID-19 case at the beginning of April, media reports indicated that the pandemic had led to restrictions on the movement of goods from neighbouring countries, which affected prices in markets across the country. In Juba, the price of a kilogram of maize flour increased from 159 South Sudanese…

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COVID-19 and Conflict Sensitivity

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Oxfam’s Conflict Sensitivity guidance for COVID-19 responses aims to support humanitarian response teams to identify potential conflict related risks, undertake rapid context and conflict analyses and to develop conflict sensitive MEAL systems. The guidance is available in English, Arabic, French and Spanish.  

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COVID-19, Crises and Fragility

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Fragile contexts are beginning to be hitby the Covid-19 pandemic. Most of these countries are insufficiently prepared to cope with the spread of the disease and its consequences across the multiple dimensions of fragility. The most vulnerable have difficulty inaccessing hospitals and rely on poor public services. Confinement measures are hardly applicable and the mobilisation of security actors to enforce them creates further risks. The crisis highlights social inequalities and governance issues in many contexts….

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Somali communities face dropping remittances and wider economic impact amid COVID-19 crisis. A warning from activists, aid workers & academia

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This brief, signed by over 100 activists, aid workers and academics, addresses the potentially huge economic impact of reduced remittances on vulnerable communities in Somalia/Somaliland and provides recommendations for the international community and Somali officials on how to address these challenges.   Download

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COVID-19 responses in Africa: Ok, one size doesn’t fit all. Now what?

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This article argues that the key issue with the COVID-19 pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa is not, as they would have it, that the population is young and that there are therefore not that many susceptible people. That is, in any case, a highly dubious assumption. With high rates of TB, untreated HIV, diabetes, hypertension and malnourishment in many parts of the continent, it may be the case that large numbers of younger people are exposed…

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Ensuring Integrity in Governments’Response to COVID-19

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Governments around the world are designing and implementing rapid responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this effort, they are faced with three extraordinary challenges: (1) a public health emergency to contain the virus including identifying and treating infected populations; (2) widespread food and livelihood insecurity due to mandated stoppage of economic activity and the resulting disruption of food supplies; and (3) adoption of emergency powers to address the crises and maintain public safety. Corruption risks,…

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Are local and international aid worker disparities worsening under COVID-19?

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This article addresses the distinction drawn between the employees who arrive mostly from Western countries, often for time-limited assignments and are called “expats” or “international” staff, and their “local” counterparts, drawn from the country where the response is taking place, and specifically looks at different treatment these employees receive in response to COVID-19.   Read more

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Supporting Continued Access to Education during COVID-19 – Emerging Promising Practices

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This document is the first in a series that highlights emerging practices as UNHCR operations and their partners work to support continued education for displaced and refugee students during the pandemic. Download Issue 1

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Responding to COVID-19: Guidance for humanitarian agencies

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How should humanitarian organisations prepare and respond to COVID-19 in humanitarian settings in low- and middle-income countries? This Rapid Learning Review outlines 14 actions, insights and ideas for humanitarian actors to consider in their COVID-19 responses. It summarises and synthesises the best available knowledge and guidance for developing a health response to COVID-19 in low- and middle-income settings as at April 2020 The paper, supported by the UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator…

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Preventing violent extremism during and after the COVID-19 pandemic

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While the world’s attention appropriately focuses on the health and economic impacts of COVID-19, the threat of violent extremism remains, and has in some circumstances been exacerbated during the crisis. The moment demands new and renewed attention so that the gains made to date do not face setbacks. As with so much reporting on and analysis of the pandemic, however, there is a shortage of data and evidence to support the headlines. The Global Community…

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