Protests Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/protests/ Opinion, Lifestyle, Arts, Music #TIA Mon, 21 Jul 2025 19:41:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/thisisafrica.me/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/cropped-logo-512x512-2.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Protests Archives | This is Africa https://thisisafrica.me/tag/protests/ 32 32 67616479 The Mask is Off. Why Kenyan #GenZs are Rising Against a Regime Stuck in its Colonial Past https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/the-mask-is-off-why-kenyan-genzs-are-rising-against-a-regime-stuck-in-its-colonial-past/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/the-mask-is-off-why-kenyan-genzs-are-rising-against-a-regime-stuck-in-its-colonial-past/?noamp=mobile#comments Sun, 20 Jul 2025 22:18:27 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=573774 #GenZs Redefine Kenyan politics: Protests challenge Kenya's outdated colonial governance model.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/the-mask-is-off-why-kenyan-genzs-are-rising-against-a-regime-stuck-in-its-colonial-past/feed/ 2 573774 Reelecting William Samoei Ruto https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/reelecting-william-samoei-ruto/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/reelecting-william-samoei-ruto/?noamp=mobile#respond Wed, 09 Jul 2025 21:41:44 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=573762 Electoral politics is a game of numbers, and right now the numbers and fundamentals favor William Ruto.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/reelecting-william-samoei-ruto/feed/ 0 573762 I refuse to die in vain https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/i-refuse-to-die-in-vain/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/i-refuse-to-die-in-vain/?noamp=mobile#respond Tue, 17 Sep 2024 11:23:36 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=573572 On August 3, 2024, I found myself in a very dark place and considered taking my own life. I couldn't continue watching helplessly as our country was sucked into a sickening, deadly vortex of State-sanctioned violence, targeting innocent Kenyans. 

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/i-refuse-to-die-in-vain/feed/ 0 573572 Kenya’s government has a blueprint for digital tyranny. It is working – for now https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/kenyas-government-has-a-blueprint-for-digital-tyranny-it-is-working-for-now/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/kenyas-government-has-a-blueprint-for-digital-tyranny-it-is-working-for-now/?noamp=mobile#respond Sun, 18 Aug 2024 11:07:21 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=573547 With remarkable creativity, young Kenyans used technology to organise nationwide protests. The state’s digital response has been equally remarkable, but for all the wrong reasons.

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]]> https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/kenyas-government-has-a-blueprint-for-digital-tyranny-it-is-working-for-now/feed/ 0 573547 OPINION | Kenya protests: Either we urgently push for UN-led global tax reforms, or we face more conflict https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/opinion-kenya-protests-either-we-urgently-push-for-un-led-global-tax-reforms-or-we-face-more-conflict/ https://thisisafrica.me/politics-and-society/opinion-kenya-protests-either-we-urgently-push-for-un-led-global-tax-reforms-or-we-face-more-conflict/?noamp=mobile#respond Tue, 30 Jul 2024 17:35:25 +0000 https://thisisafrica.me/?p=573538 With the gravity of global tax reforms increasingly shifting from the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to the United Nations (UN), it is vital that billions of people impacted by the tax, particularly in the Global South, should play a pivotal role.

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