DR Congo
If we cover the bad news in Proximities, it’s only fair that we let you know when a situation is improving. And that seems to be the case with the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo, where health officials have said cases appear to be declining. There have so far been 64 confirmed and probable infections, including 42 deaths, according to the World Health Organization. But the outbreak has remained localized and the pace of transmission is slowing.
More from Africa News here.
Cameroon
One of the first things U.S. President Donald Trump did after taking office was gut foreign aid spending and shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development, which was the government arm responsible for delivering aid programs. The impact of those decisions was swift and, according to aid officials I’ve spoken to, people started dying very quickly. One of the most powerful things journalism can do is trace its way from a decision made by a government to a person at the sharp end of that decision. Today, Reuters did that by publishing a compelling and moving report that focused on the preventable death of a nine-month-old baby in Cameroon and dug deep into the broader consequences of Trump’s decision for several other countries in Africa. It is worth your time.
More from Reuters here.
Morocco
In yesterday’s edition, we covered the youth-led protests that have been rocking Morocco for the last five days. At the end of the entry, we mentioned that they were just the latest in a series of recent Gen Z-branded anti-government movements around the world, some of which have prompted very significant change and government climbdowns. France 24 has published a useful rundown of some of those protests and examined what may make them distinct.
More from France 24 here.
Has anyone analyzed why GenZ in the US seems utterly impotent, apathetic, and nihilist in the US, as compared to their leadership and courage in so many other countries?
Cynicism, misogyny, and betting the farm on becoming crypto billionaires is both pathetic and absurd.
Perhaps we really have to hit rock bottom, rather than rapidly moving relentlessly toward dystopia, before we'll see any signs of rebellion.