The COVID-19 Pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa: An Opportunity to Rethink Strategic Competition on the Continent

Abstract

The spread of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) to sub-Saharan Africa in February 2020 spurred concern that the pandemic would have catastrophic consequences for many African countries and international interests on the continent. In March 2020, the Financial Times ran a headline that warned, Africa Faces a Catastrophe to Dwarf All Others. In early April, Le Monde reported that a study by Frances foreign ministry warned that the pandemic would be one crisis too many and could pitch several African countries over the edge.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 2021
Accession Number
AD1142457

Entities

People

  • Alexander Noyes
  • Mary K. Adgie
  • Michael Shurkin

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Africa
  • Air Force
  • China
  • Cold War
  • Covid-19
  • Globalization
  • Governments
  • International Relations
  • Military Training
  • National Politics
  • Private Military Companies
  • Public Health
  • Saharan Africa
  • Space Force
  • Students
  • Teamwork
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Infectious Disease/Epidemiology
  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.
  • Strategic Security Studies