Struggling economies on the continent are leaving many unable to afford basic staples
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In April, after a four-month delay, the ministry of education started paying a portion of the $140 monthly salary increase earlier agreed with Moroccan teachers’ unions. In Kenya, protests doubled in 2020 from what had been in the two years prior. Authorities in South Africa, Tunisia, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Algeria, Sudan and Uganda have come under similar pressure
Most of the protests took place after the Covid pandemic: 5,039 protests since 18 March 2020, when a global pandemic was officially declared, compared with 2,125 in an equal period before then. But as its agricultural success grew, authorities started pushing farmers towards export crops, especially vegetables. Eventually, traders were selling fresh produce in Morocco for nearly as much as it would fetch if they sent it to Europe. The minimum wage in Morocco is just €275 , compared with €956 and €1,323 respectively in Portugal and Spain.
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