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Reflections on How the Nigerian Government Has Managed the Covid-19 Crisis 关于尼日利亚政府如何应对新冠肺炎危机的思考

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African Security Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/19392206.2021.2019887

Kenneth Omeje

引用次数: 1

Nigeria’s Response to COVID-19: Lockdown Policy and Human Rights Violations 尼日利亚应对新冠肺炎：封锁政策与侵犯人权行为

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African Security Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/19392206.2021.1998857

P. Onuh

引用次数: 6

COVID-19 and the Resilience of Africa’s Peace and Security Networks 新冠肺炎与非洲和平与安全网络的复原力

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African Security Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/19392206.2021.2005912

Cedric de Coning

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引用次数: 5

Crises, Conflict and Cooperation: The Two-Sided Impact of COVID-19 on Peace in Nigeria 危机、冲突与合作:2019冠状病毒病对尼日利亚和平的双重影响

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African Security Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/19392206.2021.2008138

Emmanuel Chiwetalu Ossai

引用次数: 5

Democracy and Elections amid the COVID 19 Pandemic: The Case of Burundi 2019冠状病毒病疫情期间的民主与选举：以布隆迪为例

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African Security Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/19392206.2021.2009655

Olajumoke Ayandele, Billy Agwanda, M. Amankwa, Gershon Dagba, I. Nyadera

引用次数: 3

African Regional and Inter-Regional Health Governance: Early Responses to the Covid-19 Pandemic by ECOWAS and the African Union 非洲区域和区域间卫生治理：西非经共体和非洲联盟对新冠肺炎大流行病的早期应对

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African Security Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/19392206.2021.1982240

U. Engel, Jens Herpolsheimer

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引用次数: 3

Special Issue on “Covid-19, Peace and Security in Africa: Challenges and Opportunities” 《新冠肺炎、非洲和平与安全：挑战与机遇》特刊

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African Security Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/19392206.2021.2028116

Cyril I. Obi, Abigail Kabandula

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引用次数: 2

COVID-‘419’: Social Context of Cybercrime in the Age of COVID-19 in Nigeria COVID- ' 419 ':尼日利亚COVID-19时代网络犯罪的社会背景

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African Security Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/19392206.2021.2004642

O. Tade

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引用次数: 3

LGBTQI+ and Nowhere to Go: The Makings of a Refugee Population Without Refuge LGBTQI+和无处可去：没有避难所的难民人口的模拟

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African Security Pub Date : 2021-10-02 DOI: 10.1080/19392206.2021.2006402

B. Camminga

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引用次数: 2

Mapping the Changing Structure of Conflict Networks in North and West Africa 绘制北非和西非不断变化的冲突网络结构

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African Security Pub Date : 2021-07-03 DOI: 10.1080/19392206.2021.1996173

O. Walther, Steven M. Radil, D. G. Russell

引用次数: 2