In this final DW Africalink Special Podcast, we look at how COVID-19 denialism and ignorance of the disease's severity is impeding states' ability to curb the illness. We also look back at some of the stories we've covered over the past six months.

In a special crossover show with DW's Africalink and Living Planet, we dive into the issue of climate change across Africa. What does climate science and climate activism look like on a continent already dealing with climate impacts today? How can African nations address energy poverty without contributing more greenhouse gas emissions? And is it time for climate reparations?

As the second wave of the coronavirus rolls into Europe, some regions are wondering whether they should impose new lockdowns or if people should learn to cope with the pandemic. But what about the countries that never imposed lockdowns in the first place?

As a record locust infestation and COVID-19 hit East Africa, food resources may be getting scarce. But the supply chains to the most vulnerable of people may also be in jeopardy. DW talked to some of the people trying to solve this double blow in Kenya and Somalia.

With the majority of elderly people in Africa being looked after by their families, many are facing challenges in getting medical attention as threadbare healthcare systems come under coronavirus-related strain. And with their families often being made jobless by shrinking economies, the lack of national policies across Africa on how to care for the elderly is beginning to take its toll.

African countries rely heavily on imported goods - from clothes to industrial equipment to medical supplies - and supply chains are an important employer. But coronavirus-related lockdowns and border closures have brought logistics to a standstill, and has thrown a spotlight on bottlenecks across the continent.

Arts and culture help people in confinement to stay sane during the Coronavirus pandemic. But as the pandemic ravages economies, African governments are scrambling to provide relief funds to artists but this is not enough. So some artists have decided to take matters into their own hands in their quest for survival.

Kenya canceled its entire academic year over concerns of spreading the coronavirus. This is unprecedented for the east African nation, but may prove to be a blueprint for other countries to follow as the pandemic is forcing governments to draw on economic and human resources they simply don't have. DW visits the teachers and students locked out of the classroom in Nairobi.

As COVID-19 cases spiral in sub-Saharan Africa, fear is starting to the take hold as infections show no sign of stopping. But DW met some survivors of the coronavirus from across the continent, and found out what ex-patients are doing to spread hope and information about their ordeal.

Lockdowns were necessary to slow coronavirus infections. But a frightening number of women have become victims of gender-based violence while locked in their homes with aggressive partners frustrated by diminishing economic opportunities. Meanwhile, in Malawi, some parents have agreed to allow their daughters to marry early because they cannot support them financially anymore.