Africanews’ review of the 2021 news year, looks back at some of the major protests that rocked the continent. The protests took place in May while in October, anti-France protests were held especially in Bamako. In March 2021, Senegal was engulfed in mass protests that centered around the arrest of a rising young politician Ousmanou Sonko, a lawmaker and former Presidential aspirant. Law students held protests as did toll booth workers and a teachers’ group. East Africa protests - Sudan and EthiopiaThe Sudanese protests were a carryover from the movement that led to the overthrow of Omar alBashir in 2020.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 31, 2021 13:37 UTC