Les villes sont des champs de bataille politiques, où les élites tentent de garder le contrôle et où les gens contestent cette autorité.
- Lecturer in Urban Studies and Planning, University of Sheffield
Cities are political battlefields, where elites try to retain control, and people challenge this authority.
Museveni’s attempt to gain support in urban areas in the 2021 elections was not only about repression. But it still failed.
In Lagos, many people pay property tax not because they receive public services but to feel more secure and create a record of their presence.
International financing for massive infrastructure projects can create new problems for African cities.
Property inequality keeps on growing, stopping it will take strong principles and brave politicians.
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