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Jonas Ecke

Jonas Ecke, PhD is a global health practitioner. He has worked in the field of humanitarian aid in Ghana, Liberia and South Sudan. His work encompasses local perceptions of Ebola, malaria and Covid-19, and he publishes both in journalistic and academic outlets. He earned his PhD in anthropology from Purdue University in the US.

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From Ukraine to the War on Terror: How Imperialism Turns Displaced People Invisible

For populations within states that undertake massive military aggression, the victims of this aggression often become invisible.

Jonas Ecke ·

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The World's Failed Response to Covid-19 in Africa Must End

Africans are paying the price of global abandonment with their lives.

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A child looks on as migrants take shelter inside a abandoned building as they gather in city center waiting to resume their efforts to enter Europe in Edirne, northwestern Turkey on March 5, 2020. The EU has scrambled to respond to the surge of migrants at the Greek border, where authorities say some 24,000 were stopped from entering between February 29 - March 2, 2020. (Photo: OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images)

Yet Another Betrayal of Humanitarianism: EU Policies at the Greece-Turkey Border

If fascism now comes wrapped in an American flag, it is accompanied and conjured by historical amnesia in Europe.

Jonas Ecke ·

Whatever Happened to Peace? Arms, Oil and War by Proxy

We're living in a new era of proxy warfare, where multiple powers fund local proxies with disastrous consequences. We need to break the cycle.

Jonas Ecke ·

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