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Gen Z Sounds a Stark Warning to Africa’s Old Guard

Protests in Antananarivo, Madagascar’s capital. 

Photographer: Rijasolo/Getty Images

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Anger among the swelling ranks of young and ambitious Africans over a lack of opportunity has reached boiling point.