This month’s issue of the Monitor begins with a piece by Katharine Bebington highlighting some key outcomes from the recently concluded 44th Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State and
Kenyan youth protest against political exclusion, poverty, inequalities, and unemployment.
Protests over the exorbitant cost of living have become a frequent feature in Africa and they are an expression of a growing legitimacy crisis in African governments.
It has been over a year since protests erupted in the Kingdom of Eswatini. The unrest in Eswatini is of concern to the countries in the region and is on the peace and security agenda of SADC.
Once the stakeholders in Eswatini get to a point of national dialogue, the question of what will happen at this dialogue will arise.
The situation in South Africa is a microcosm of what is prevailing in the rest of Africa. The marginalised majority have continued, over these three decades, to live in hope.
“I think it’s a continuity of the system, since the heads are the heads of the old system that was rejected by the population. Moreover, it’s empty political programmes, so
This is arguably one of the most penetrating and insightful books on the variety of protests that have engulfed a number of African countries in recent times. It is my