Black Lives Matter protests in Africa

After a weekend in which thousands of demonstrators around the world have taken to the streets to protest against racism, we ask if some African leaders are applying double standards against their own people: speaking out against US Police brutality on one side, while often being themselves the enforcers of violent crackdowns against protest movements in Africa. The Director of the Centre for Democracy and Development, Idayat Hassan, helps us navigate the discussion.

How a group of activists from northern Zimbabwe, members of the Campaign for Female Education Association (CAMFED), reach out to rural community members with essential information to limit the spread of COVID-19.

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(Photo: Protestors hold up placards during a protest against police violence, at the gates of the South African Parliament in Cape Town. Credit: Misha Jordaan/Gallo Images via Getty Images)