Volume 32, Issue 3, April 2021, Pages 365–380
Ndabereye Nzita Mugambi Paulin1
1 Docteur en Relations Internationales, Professeur à l’Université de Lubumbashi, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2021 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Apart from its financial, economic and political consequences, the unpredictable Covid-19, has revealed to us the role and functions of borders in the contemporary globalized world. Indeed, the appearance of the corona virus in Wuhan in December 2019 made it possible to understand that the globalized society to which we belong is characterized by a profound fragility to the point that it is only through concerted action that we will be able to overcome this pandemic. It is in this perilous situation that a need for unity and solidarity arises and emerges, solidarity between States and Nations and solidarity within them between social classes and generations.The covid-19 highlighted the limits of ultra-liberalism and individualism. Market rules alone can no longer rule the world. Global governance will henceforth integrate, in addition to the political, economic and financial, the new areas of interest recognized as paramount, namely health, now seen as a major component of collective security, the environment and the question of equality.When Covid-19 reached sub-Saharan Africa, experts predicted a catastrophic situation with a rapid and exponential increase in the number of patients. Nevertheless, the virus spread more slowly than expected and most countries do not yet appear to have reached the peak of the epizootic.This reflection allows us to draw lessons that the world and especially Africa can learn from the development of this pandemic.
Author Keywords: Covid-19, governance, Africa.
Ndabereye Nzita Mugambi Paulin1
1 Docteur en Relations Internationales, Professeur à l’Université de Lubumbashi, RD Congo
Original language: French
Copyright © 2021 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Apart from its financial, economic and political consequences, the unpredictable Covid-19, has revealed to us the role and functions of borders in the contemporary globalized world. Indeed, the appearance of the corona virus in Wuhan in December 2019 made it possible to understand that the globalized society to which we belong is characterized by a profound fragility to the point that it is only through concerted action that we will be able to overcome this pandemic. It is in this perilous situation that a need for unity and solidarity arises and emerges, solidarity between States and Nations and solidarity within them between social classes and generations.The covid-19 highlighted the limits of ultra-liberalism and individualism. Market rules alone can no longer rule the world. Global governance will henceforth integrate, in addition to the political, economic and financial, the new areas of interest recognized as paramount, namely health, now seen as a major component of collective security, the environment and the question of equality.When Covid-19 reached sub-Saharan Africa, experts predicted a catastrophic situation with a rapid and exponential increase in the number of patients. Nevertheless, the virus spread more slowly than expected and most countries do not yet appear to have reached the peak of the epizootic.This reflection allows us to draw lessons that the world and especially Africa can learn from the development of this pandemic.
Author Keywords: Covid-19, governance, Africa.
Abstract: (french)
En marge de ses conséquences financières, économiques et politiques, l’imprévisible Covid-19, nous a révélé le rôle et les fonctions des frontières dans le monde globalisé contemporain. En effet, l’apparition du corona virus à Wuhan en décembre 2019 a permis de comprendre que la société mondialisée à laquelle nous appartenons est caractérisée par une profonde fragilité au point que c’est seulement par une action concertée que l’on pourra venir à bout de cette pandémie. C’est dans cette situation périlleuse que nait et émerge un besoin d’unité et de solidarité, solidarité entre les Etats et les Nations et solidarité à l’intérieur de celles-ci entre les classes sociales et générations.Le covid-19 a mis en lumière les limites de l’ultra libéralisme et de l’individualisme. Les règles du marché ne peuvent plus, seules, diriger le monde. La gouvernance mondiale intègrera désormais en plus du politique, de l’économique et du financier, les nouveaux pôles d’intérêt reconnus primordiaux que sont la santé, désormais perçue comme une composante majeure de la sécurité collective, l’environnement et la question de l’égalité.Lorsque le Covid-19 a atteint l’Afrique subsaharienne, des experts ont pronostiqué une situation catastrophique avec une flambée rapide et exponentielle du nombre de malades. Néanmoins, le virus s’est propagé plus lentement que prévu et la plupart des pays ne semblent pas encore avoir atteint le point culminant de l’épizootie.Cette réflexion, nous permet de dégager les leçons que le monde et surtout l’Afrique peut tirer du développement de cette pandémie.
Author Keywords: Covid-19, gouvernance, Afrique.
How to Cite this Article
Ndabereye Nzita Mugambi Paulin, “Covid-19 et les défis de la gouvernance mondiale: Quelles leçons pour l’Afrique ?,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 365–380, April 2021.
