Brian Kimari The Covid-19 pandemic has brought to the fore a wide range of security challenges and vulnerabilities. A prominent involvement of the security sector in response to the COVID-19 crisis has further compounded the issue, particularly in communities with historically troublesome relations between residents and the state. Kenya has had an overly securitised response…

  Zaki Arrobi As Covid-19 cases continue to climb across Indonesia, Jakarta and some other local administrations have reimplemented “large scale social restrictions” (PSBB) in an attempt to control viral spread. Jakarta moved to “transitional” PSBB on the 12th of October 2020, but with cases still high, there is a strong chance tighter restrictions will…

Zaki Arrobi, Tessa Diphoorn, Sterre Gilsing, Marie-Louise Glebbeek, Murtala Ibrahim, Hans de Kruijf, Kees Koonings[1], Martijn Oosterbaan, Wil Pansters, Nikkie Wiegink   In Rio de Janeiro, while the government has largely denied the severity of the pandemic, various criminal groups that control hundreds of favelas have introduced preventive measures, such as curfew, partial lockdown, and…