On this Africa edition of Encounter, Judd Devermont, director of the Africa Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Joshua Meservey, senior policy analyst for Africa and the Middle East at the Heritage Foundation, discuss with host Carol Castiel the state of play in Ethiopia after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed declared a unilateral ceasefire civil in Tigray, the detention of former South African president Jacob Zuma, political turmoil in Eswatini and the multiple impacts of Covid-19 on the continent.