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1. Protests grow against WEF's 'Africa Keeps Rising' meme

   University's Fred Swaneker intoned: “The Africa Rising narrative presents the most compelling argument for the ... continent's prosperity.” Fanciful claims New elements of “Africa Rising” hucksterism emerged at this ... state repression rises. The protests, Branch and Mampilly conclude, then “fragment into particularised ...

2. Zimbabwe: Amid elites' power struggle, economic meltdown looms

   became one of Mugabe’s leading henchmen, rising to the vice presidency in 2014. But Mugabe fired him on ... re-engagement succeeds  to facilitate Mnangagwa’s rise to power ” with a  reported  “$2 billion economic ... [citizenry] bathed in freedom. She was on the street in her thousands. Today the citizen was let loose and not ...

3. South African student protesters score win; race and class fuse in epic battle

   power in 1994. Tuition fees The latest desperation flashpoint was the announcement of double-digit rises ... the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) supported their cause. EFF leaders sought to prevent ... “unconstructive” student protests), and a tokenistic $0.75 a month rise in grant payments to the poorest pensioners ...