EPISODE · Mar 8, 2019 · 51 MIN
Politicians dance to popular anger in South Africa, Algeria and Sudan
from Talking Africa · host The Africa Report
It's a sign of the times: popular pressure on creaking political structures across Africa. Cyril Ramaphosa is walking a tightrope act: radical demands from the grassroots, and the concerns of international investors on the other.And popular anger is already changing the face of Sudan and possibly Algeria — students, lawyers, familes and even elements of the military are starting to coalesce against aging regimes.A conversation with The Africa Report Southern Africa editor Crystal Orderson, Editor in Chief Patrick Smith, and Managing Editor Nicholas Norbrook.
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It's a sign of the times: popular pressure on creaking political structures across Africa. Cyril Ramaphosa is walking a tightrope act: radical demands from the grassroots, and the concerns of international investors on the other.And popular anger is already changing the face of Sudan and possibly Algeria — students, lawyers, familes and even elements of the military are starting to coalesce against aging regimes.A conversation with The Africa Report Southern Africa editor Crystal Orderson, Editor in Chief Patrick Smith, and Managing Editor Nicholas Norbrook.
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