African street vendors feel the squeeze under strict COVID-19 measures (Yahoo News) 

Yahoo News (UK & Ireland) reported on the country’s requirement to battle the spread of COVID-19 by enforcing a two-week lockdown. Those who live day-to-day as informal food traders and those who rely on these people, the lockdowns have come as a shock as governments attempt to impose WHO social isolation measures. According to Danielle Resnick, a senior research fellow and author of the IFPRI blogpost, COVID-19 lockdowns threaten Africa’s vital informal urban food trade, “Governments who consult with traders groups and market queens (the heads of certain groups of sellers), will find trying to transition traders a bit easier.”  Republished in Modern Ghana, Radio France Internationale (English version).