Human Rights

Must Reads

• Zimbabwe

  His Political Playbook Worked Elsewhere. Can He Win Here?

  Backers of the opposition's presidential candidate see hope in upstart victories in Malawi and Zambia. But in Zimbabwe, a single party has been in power for more than four decades.

  By Evidence Chenjerai
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  Democratic Republic of Congo

  A Family Found Opportunity. Then They Were Kidnapped.

  By Merveille Kavira Luneghe
• Zambia

  ‘I Had to Relocate and Start a New Life’

  In Zambia, which criminalizes same-sex relationships, men accused of being gay face arbitrary arrests, harassment and extortion.

  By Prudence Phiri