Civil Liberties: East Africa needs a liberal restart to protect and promote civil liberties https://www.freiheit.org/sub-saharan-africa/east-africa-needs-liberal-restart-protect-and-promote-civil-liberties
The past year has been hard for East Africans. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect on the health and economies of our nations. As the threat of further waves persist and international travel, tourism and business remains largely on hold, things will continue to be difficult. We face a long road ahead in navigating a path to economic recovery and a challenging vaccine roll-out.
We have witnessed first-hand how authoritarians such as John Magufuli and Yoweri