Cyril Zenda

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How post-war trauma is holding a nation and its government hostage.

Industrial pollution in Africa's largest economy has haunting ties to apartheid.

Rights advocates began litigation against the 'Patriotic Bill,' which makes dissent a crime punishable by death.

The anti-poaching measure has 'hidden' and 'cryptic' consequences that cause alarm among researchers.

Is the move a game-changer for emissions reduction and community empowerment or a gateway for greenwashing and money grabbing?

How Putin's arrest warrant rekindled accusations of anti-Africa bias against the International Criminal Court.

Political violence is on the rise, but some activists remain hopeful.

Human rights, democracy and transparency activists have always been a thorn in the side of the Harare administration. Their future is now uncertain.

A massive storm is exposing gaps in the global response to increasing climate disasters.

The country joined a growing list of African states doing away with capital punishment.

The recent assassination of a critic of Eswatini's king is seen as the monarch's latest attempt to intimidate dissenters clamouring for political reforms.

A viral video depicting heinous acts committed by southern African peacekeepers could be drawing attention to one of the continent's bloodiest conflicts.

A recent rejection by CITES to open up ivory trade had set environmentalists and southern African leaders on a collision path.

Botswana's Bushmen community has been the victim of forceful evictions and discriminatory harassment.

The impending execution of a Motswana citizen abroad is stoking outrage against the government's own relationship with the death penalty.

HIV advocate and former model Tendai Westerhof believes it is, but says stigma still stands in the way of progress.