In recent months, we’ve seen widespread violence in the CAR and South Sudan, and attacks by Boko Haram in Nigeria and by Al-Shabaab in Kenya. Youth are often perpetrators of these acts of political violence, but there is mixed evidence on what leads them to participate.
Heckle and Chide: Saving Lives on Africa’s Roads
By James Habyarimana and William Jack A recent spate of horrific road crashes has brought the dangers of the developing world’s roads to light. A recent bus crash in western Kenya killed all 41 people on board, and 51 perished when a bus went off a cliff in Peru. Global statistics corroborate these accounts: 1.3 million […]