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Editor's note
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For the first time since apartheid was replaced by an inclusive constitutional democracy in 1994, South Africans marked Freedom Day under stringent limitations on their personal freedoms, aimed at curbing the spread of the deadly coronavirus. The pandemic challenges every aspect of life, including the way institutions of the democratic state operate and exercise their authority, says Richard Calland. The rights enshrined in their widely admired constitution were under a shadow as South Africans ‘celebrated’ 26 years of freedom.
Data on infections and deaths is incomplete in Ecuador, as it is across Latin America. As of April 22, Ecuador – a country of 17 million people – had reported almost 11,000 cases, which on a per capita basis would put it behind only Panama in Latin America. But, Dennis Altman and Juan Carlos Valarezo write, the true number is likely much higher. They explore why, in a pandemic that has largely hit wealthy countries first, Ecuador is one of the first developing countries to face such a dire outbreak.
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Thabo Leshilo
Politics + Society
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Top Stories
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Richard Calland, University of Cape Town
For the first time since the end of apartheid in 1994, citizens have had to accept stringent restrictions on their normal civil liberties.
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Coffins await burial at the Jardines de Esperanza cemetery in Guayaquil, Ecuador, April 10, 2020.
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Dennis Altman, La Trobe University; Juan Carlos Valarezo, Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador
Dead bodies left at home and in streets. Quarantined people facing hunger. Political turmoil. Ecuador's coronavirus outbreak is a grim forecast of what may await poorer countries when COVID-19 hits.
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COVID-19
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Craig Mark, Kyoritsu Women's University
Japan's coronavirus infections continue to rise as its neighbors' curves flatten. Why aren't people listening to the government and staying home?
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David Nderitu, Egerton University
More needs to be done to cushion low-income families from the economic effects of the new coronavirus.
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Ross Brown, University of St Andrews; Augusto Rocha, University of St Andrews
China rose to become the second biggest market for venture capital in the world. Then came COVID-19.
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Konstantinos Lagos, Sheffield Hallam University; Alexander Tziamalis, Sheffield Hallam University
Another EU leaders' meeting, another humdrum announcement afterwards.
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Science and Technology
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Gareth Dorrian, University of Birmingham; Ian Whittaker, Nottingham Trent University
From the Moon's size to the first calculator, the ancients made some jawdropping discoveries without modern technology.
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Rodger I. Thompson, University of Arizona
Thirty years ago the Hubble Space Telescope began snapping photos of distant stars, providing a time machine that has taken astronomers back to when the universe was less than a billion years old.
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En Français
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Dramane Coulibaly, Université Paris Nanterre – Université Paris Lumières; Luc-Désiré Omgba, Université de Lorraine
L’économie des pays d’Afrique subsaharienne, très dépendante des exportations de matières premières, va se ressentir durement du ralentissement des échanges dû à l’épidémie.
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Jean Peccoud, Colorado State University
Pour développer rapidement un vaccin contre le coronavirus, des technologies d’avant-garde qui n’ont pas encore été testées à grande échelle sont explorées.
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