‘We want freedom and we want it now’: Africa’s online population demands its freedoms back

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A special investigation by ZAM, an Amsterdam-based platform that focuses on Africa, finds that more and more young, urbanised citizens are using the internet to take on the continent’s despots.

A new outspoken, tech-savvy generation is challenging African autocrats and their international allies. Some pay a heavy price“It’s your man who did this,” shouts a woman at a village meeting in Nakuru County, Kenya.

She is filmed by Kenyan journalists as she points at another woman, a supporter of a powerful local politician known for associating with gangsters. ..You’ve always trusted us to help you navigate the world. Support the Sunday Times by becoming a premium member for only R80 and keep the conversation going. You can cancel anytime.

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