The coronavirus pandemic could be a ticking time bomb for the world’s most vulnerable people. Yet just when global humanitarian leadership is most needed, Britain has been uncharacteristically quiet.
How will African health facilities cope with a flood of people with COVID-19? How can those living close together practise social distancing? Does Ebola offer any lessons?
Mubarak’s reign, the revolt against it, and all the tragedies that followed, remain as a stark reminder of what could have been, what is, and what the future might hold.
