Essay 1

Nowadays, the global situation has changed completely: from our daily habits and routine to our ways and methods of working, studying, and simply ambling along the street. COVID-19 has locked the majority of the population in homes. Now that the planet has undergone such a dramatic issue, lots of other problems, unfortunately, have become overshadowed and Africa is not an exception.

To begin with, the problem the world faces today has caused lots of governments to act on impulse, and thus chaos has ensued. The African continent has always been the poorest area on our planet which sanitation level has been the lowest one. Deceases, poverty and destitution are the factors which Africa is associated with by many people. However, the recent events have shown that the situation is going to worsen even more as employees are already being laid off because of the global shutdown. Consequently, a great number of people are at loss, because their governments can’t sustain the imploding economy. Thus, the plunging currency results in the main issue the African people are struggling with right now: hunger. Subsequently, people are rather afraid of losing their jobs and dying of hunger than of being infected by the coronavirus.

Furthermore, people also ruin their health by inhaling lots of chemicals that hover around. Plus, the poor economy can’t maintain the boreholes in good condition, which results in their pollution. Not only is the African countries’ air contaminated, but also water, the resource which people have always needed badly there. The environmental issues are even more dangerous for Africans than the coronavirus. The government’s negligence and a lack of financing for the realization of fixing the problem might cause an environmental catastrophe.

In addition, the level of cases concerning drug abuse, terror, robbery has also increased. For example, some former drug addicts who decided to start living a normal life, relapsed into drugs after the shutdown. It was also reported that different gangs to gain the support of citizens provide people with masks and food and thus,destabilizing the situation even more, form a solid opposition to have the upper hand over the current government.

All things considered, we now live in a totally different world than we did a couple of months ago. While some countries are working on tackling the coronavirus problem, others, like Nigeria, are facing even greater threats than just the pandemic and that are less discussed globally. 

Reference page: Akinwotu,E.,(2020, May 15). 'People are more scared of hunger': coronavirus is just one more threat in Nigeria. Retrieved from: www.theguardian.com