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Is citizen apathy societal degradation?

Lelei is employed and living a decent life in Ruaka, Kiambu County in Kenya, which is only a spitting distance from Nairobi. He woke up with a cough and a high fever. It was clear to him that these were symptoms for COVID-19. He gathered his strength and went to a health facility. He was confident...

Catherine Nabulon Abulon, Oxfam’s beneficiary from Turkana, Kenya. Photo by Joy Obuya/Oxfam

Debt servicing or COVID-19 response? an impossible choice for developing countries

15th April 2020 was to be a special day for most African countries. On this day, the World Bank’s Development Committee and the G20 Finance Ministers endorsed the Debt Service Suspension Initiative granting debt-service suspension in response to the pandemic. The day should have heralded a lifeline...