Author: Alison Faupel & Andrew Wojtanik
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Alison Faupel works for the US Department of State as an analyst on social movements, political stability, and democratisation. Andrew Wojtanik is a PhD student in political science at the University of California-Berkeley and a former analyst in the US government working on African issues. The views expressed are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of the US Government.
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The extraordinary success of mass mobilisations on the continent stands in striking contrast to their declining effectiveness in the West and beyond. When protests broke out ...