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In the Phosphorus-rich Western Sahara, the government in Rabat used the pandemic as cover for a political crackdown.
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Morocco’s War Against the Sahrawi
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Did Morocco’s monarchy outperform democracies against COVID-19?
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A woman buying olives from a shop in Laayoune. Photo by: Kang-Chun Cheng
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How Africa’s vaccine hesitancy came from the West
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Immunologist Fatiha El Hilali started trying to counter fake news about vaccines after seeing a close friend die from Covid-19 (Credit: Kang-Chun Cheng)
“If I can be provocative, shouldn’t we be doing this study in Africa, where there are no masks, no treatments, no resuscitation?” said Jean-Paul Mira, head of intensive care at Cochin hospital in Paris. “A bit like as it is done elsewhere for some studies on Aids. In prostitutes, we try things because we know that they are highly exposed and that they do not protect themselves.”
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