The young challenge the old politicians

In several African countries, the older leaders have often been challenged by younger politicians in recent years, a subject which the newspaper The Guardian brings up in this article. This is interresting because of the demographics in Africa, where in the future a lot of young people will vote.

But as is stated in the article, Nic Cheeseman, a professor of democracy at the University of Birmingham, has another idea about what will matter in future African elections.

"Youth alone is not enough to effect radical change. The really important element is urbanisation. The biggest divide is between urban and rural. When the majority of national votes are urban... that will massively transform opposition parties and politics", says Nic Cheeseman to The Guardian in the article.