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Bashir’s ouster offers sobering lessons for Kenya

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Africa is in the midst of an earthquake.

In the space of eighteen short months, a series of veteran ‘strongmen’ have been swept from power. In Zimbabwe, Algeria and now Sudan, longstanding rulers were forced out by popular street protests, led by youthful leaders calling for change, hope and opportunity.

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