Prospects for Revolution in Africa’s 55 Countries
An overview of the current political situation in 55 African countries shows that many movements are making gains in the struggle against authoritarianism.
Articles by Phil Wilmot
Why women will liberate Uganda from its dictator
Source: Waging Nonviolence
A significant victory in the long struggle to end the reign of Uganda’s military dictator was won last week after a bold action by the country’s burgeoning women’s movement. In late August, Uganda’s parliament presented a bill before House Speaker Rebecca Kadaga suggesting that the age limits for judges be raised, which activists believed would inevitably lead to the raising of presidential age limits. Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled Uganda for 30 years, is set to surpass the constitutionally-permitted maximum age of 75 this term.