In North Africa, A New Way Dawneth

Mass protests of unpopular governments has now become the order of the day in much of North Africa. Although the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt and, to a lesser extent, Algeria and Morocco are now off the major headlines, protests of all sorts are still going on in these places. In fact, many protests demanding different things go on in each of these countries at the same time. The people of these countries have seen that there is a new way to get their opinions heard by the power that be - protests. Needless to say that this was not always so; it is a new way of life that came to the fore after mass protests led to the fall of the governments of Ben Ali in Tunisia and Mubarak in Egypt. The people have now come to see that their politicians would hardly listen to them if they do not manifest their people power. We are now experiencing a new way of doing business in much of the region that would not have been thought of just last year. There are road blocks standing in the way of this new way of doing business, though. These road blocks are mounted by people like Gaddafi and his minions in much of the rest of Africa. But these road blocks too will be removed. A new way dawneth.