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The Congo: A Revolution Deferred
In the run-up to last November’s presidential elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cassandras were easy to find on the streets of Kinshasa. “Ça va péter,” a parliamentarian told me, “It’s...
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Democracy and Change: What are the Prospects for an “African Spring?”
Street protests in Senegal did not translate into full-scale uprisings. High unemployment and expectations among a bulging youth population, cost of living pressures, aging long-time rulers and...
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New Media in Africa and the Global Public Sphere
#OccupyNigeria and Social Media in Lagos Source: Celebregion.com (cc) In analyzing the relationship between a “global public sphere” and social media on the African continent, the...
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Social Protest, an African Perennial
“Y en a Marre” protests in Paris, Sept 2011Source: Gwenaël Piaser via Flickr Early one morning in March 2013, residents of Bujagali in eastern Uganda, upset by the deplorable state of the road through...
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El-Sisi’s Election in Egypt: an Overwhelming Victory or an Electoral Farce?
Egypt voters express their uncertainty Source: Reuters - Mohamed Abd El-Ghany 28 November 2011 – Flickr CreativeCommons On 29 May 2014, hours after the conclusion of an additional third day of voting,...
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