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A young female demonstrator shouts slogans as she raises a placard that reads, ''If you are not angry, you are not paying attention,'' during a demonstration organized by the Tunisian Network for Rights and Freedoms in Tunis, Tunisia, on September 22, 2024, to protest the draft amendment to the electoral law.

Demonstrators contest the legitimacy of the upcoming presidential elections, scheduled to take place on October 6.

Photo by Chedly Ben Ibrahim/NurPhoto via Getty Images.

Young Tunisians Hold More Fears Than Hopes for the Upcoming Presidential Election

Young Tunisian activists tell OkayAfrica about their electoral predictions and what another President Kais Saied term would mean for the country’s democracy, economy and ongoing tensions with Sub-Saharan Africans.