Act before virus fuels insecurity along borders

What is the link between Covid-19 and conflict? Border communities along the Ethiopia-Kenya border are now embroiled in conflict and the virus seems to be playing a role because of its adverse impact on livelihoods.

The pandemic presents unprecedented challenges to public health, security and the global economy. Its socio-economic and political ramifications, short and long-term, are devastating. In Africa alone, the UN estimates that nearly half of all jobs could be lost, and nearly half of the global population could be living in poverty - on less than $1.90 (Sh206) a day - as a result of the pandemic.