COVID-19 in Africa: Driver of conflict, or too early to tell?

In this briefing, Sophie Desmidt and Ashley Neat from the European Centre for Development Policy Management (ECDPM) look at the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis for conflict-affected areas in Africa. They warn against being blindsided by the ‘headline’ impact of COVID-19 on conflicts and call for weighing the impact on deeper, longer-term causes and drivers of conflicts and inequality – gender inequality in particular.

For a complete overview of ECDPM's work on COVID-19 and international cooperation see www.ecdpm.org/corona