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Africans think their governments aren’t fighting corruption hard enough Christiaan Keulder © Themba Hadebe/AP People line up at a food distribution site in Pretoria, South Africa, on May 20. Editors’ note: Our biweekly Afrobarometer Friday series explores Africans’ views on democracy, governance, quality of life and other critical topics. Corruption is as old as power and as current as the morning headlines, in Africa as in the rest of the world. South Africa continues to wrestle with the fallout of “state capture” — systemic political corruption by private in...

Coronavirus crisis tests social bonds in Africa Carolyn Logan, Aminatou Seydou, Luyando Mutale Katenda © Themba Hadebe/AP People affected by the pandemic-related downturn line up in May to receive food donations near Laudium, South Africa. Editors’ note: Our biweekly Afrobarometer Friday series explores Africans’ views on democracy, governance, quality of life, and other critical topics. In this year of covid-19, the ability of societies to work collectively to respond to the pandemic has taken center stage. In fact, popular compliance with public health measures may ...