AFRICA

GUINEA-BISSAU: ‘It’s not enough to ask citizens to say yes or no: public debate must be guaranteed’

Bubacar Turé | GUINEA-BISSAU

TUNISIA: ‘People are taking to the streets because promises of social justice remain unfulfilled’

FTDES | TUNISIA

NORTHERN AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA: ‘Classifying gender-based violence as a national disaster was never the finish line, it was the starting point’

Sabrina Walter | SOUTH AFRICA

SOUTHERN AFRICA

ZAMBIA: ‘A high turnout would show people still believe they have the power to shape their country’s future’

Linda Kasonde | ZAMBIA

SOUTHERN AFRICA

ALGERIA: ‘People no longer believe voting can change anything’

Zakaria Benlahrech | ALGERIA

NORTHERN AFRICA

NIGERIA: ‘Civic action is happening at scale, even when it doesn’t make headlines’

Muhammad Bello Abdulfatah | NIGERIA

BOTSWANA: ‘For trans people, true equality requires moving beyond decriminalisation’

Botswana Trans Initiative | BOTSWANA

SOUTHERN AFRICA

KENYA: ‘These days it feels like everyone is an activist’

Felix Kiprono | KENYA

DJIBOUTI: ‘Silence is the mechanism that makes authoritarianism possible’

Zineb Haddaji | FRANCE

SOUTH AFRICA: ‘Xenophobia has become a get-out-of-jail-free card for elites who have failed’

Ashley Green-Thompson | SOUTH AFRICA

SOUTHERN AFRICA