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COVID-19 pandemic
A golden opportunity for Middle East autocrats?
When it comes to tackling the coronavirus pandemic, Middle Eastern autocrats are keenly following China's lead. An analysis by Thomas Demmelhuber and Tobias Zumbraegel
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COVID-19 consequences
Coronavirus halts year-long protests in Algeria
Exploiting the coronavirus emergency, Algeria’s ruling classes have ramped up their repressive campaign against the protest movement, opposition and free media. By Sofian Philip Naceur
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COVID-19 pandemic
Besieged Gaza on the verge of coronavirus catastrophe
The ongoing Israeli blockade, an overstretched health system and a lack of vital medical supplies: coronavirus spells disaster for Gaza’s beleaguered population. By Alessandra Bajec
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COVID-19 in Afghanistan
"Millions of Afghans at risk"
So far, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases and deaths in Afghanistan has been relatively low. But due to a severe lack of coronavirus tests and ventilators, suitable laboratories to process samples, ongoing fighting between the Taliban and government forces and a sluggish and uncoordinated response to the pandemic, the health threat to Afghanistan is very large and very real. By Emran Feroz and Mohammad Zaman
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Coronavirus in India
Muslims as scapegoats
On the streets and online, radical Hindu nationalists, including MPs from the ruling BJP party, are agitating against the Muslim minority, inciting hatred and spreading rumours of a "corona jihad": they allege that Muslims are spreading the virus in order to harm India. By Dominik Müller
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Coronavirus and Islam
Pakistani clerics refuse to shut down mosques
With no nationwide lockdown in place and with Islamic clerics refusing to stop allowing religious congregations, Prime Minister Imran Khan is relying on restricting the size of congregations attending mosques and advice to stay at home from religious groups to contain the spread of the new coronavirus at religious gatherings. By Haroon Janjua
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First INSTEX transaction with Iran
Trade as an obstacle course
Germany and other member states of the European Union are for the first time making use of the so-called INSTEX mechanism to circumvent the sanctions imposed on Iran by the United States. By Birgit Svensson in Cairo
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Western Sahara territorial dispute
New African consulates cause trouble for Western Sahara
Several African countries have opened diplomatic missions to Morocco in Western Sahara, a disputed area occupied by Rabat. This has been exacerbating the conflict in an already volatile region seeking independence. By Martina Schwikowski und Hugo Flotat-Talon
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COVID-19 pandemic
Science versus covidiots – Indiaʹs coronavirus challenge
Obscurantism is making it harder to prevent Covid-19, not only in Southeast Asia. Though India's lockdown was poorly planned, we must hope it will prove effective. By Aditi Roy Ghatak
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Syria and Iraq
Islamic State seeking to profit from coronavirus pandemic
From advisories against travel to calls for a new jihad, Islamic State sees the COVID-19 pandemic as an opportunity to exploit. The militants, however, are no more immune to the virus than anyone else. By Lewis Sanders IV & Tom Allinson
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COVID-19 in North Africa
Corona proactivity in Tunisia, trivialisation in Egypt
Healthcare systems in Tunisia and Egypt are in a catastrophic state. The governmental response to the crisis in both nations could not be more different. Sofian Philip Naceur reports from Tunis
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COVID-19
Syriaʹs crisis within a crisis – coronavirus could hit hard
The corona pandemic has reached Syria. Anna Fleischer explains why the virus could hit the country extremely hard and above all endanger those imprisoned
By Anna Fleischer
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