Why don’t young people in Africa protest more?
Some young people take part in pro-democracy protests, but overall, Africa’s youth are not saving democracy, neither are they countering the deepening trend of autocratisation on the continent, writes Lovise Aalen from Chr. Michelsen Institute and Marjoke Oosterom from Institute of Development Studies. Africa has the world’s largest youth population. By 2030, 75% of the …