AfriqUPrising | Böll.Spotlight

In this podcast we look at political protest movements in Africa.
And we examine the question: how does the international public
treat these movements. Do African protest movements need our
attention? In the past year alone there have been massive protests
in Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, the Democratic Republic of the
Congo, and many other countries. However diverse the causes of
these protests are, they testify to a deep gap between state
policies and the needs of the African populations. Although there
has repeatedly been talk in the media about economic booms and
“Africa rising,” at the same time democracy has been dismantled
everywhere on the continent. Constitutions are being undermined,
parliaments are acting as henchmen for corrupt presidents, and
human rights are being massively restricted.