Experten: Ökonomische Co­rona-Folgen über­wiegen ge­sund­heitliche in Afrika

Relatively small numbers of cases, but serious economic and social consequences and an intensification of already existing socio-economic and violent conflict – this is how experts from the GIGA, the Federal Foreign Office, the Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik and the Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development describe the Covid-19 situation in Africa. Upon invitation of the German Bundestag subcommittee „Civil Crisis Prevention“ Christian von Soest shared his views on the effects of the pandemic.