Tagged: Mawali protests

10:24am

Wed July 27, 2011
Humanosphere

Malawi protests: An African spring?

Credit Associated Press

Just as when Tunisians first rose up against their government, few outside are paying much attention.

The same basic forces — unemployment, high food prices, human rights abuses and mistrust of government — which sparked the revolt in Tunisia and then led to today’s widespread popular revolution across the Arab world, is now at play in this small, southeastern African nation.

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