News agencies and a local newspaper are reporting that two people died from gunshot wounds after Zambian police dispersed a crowd of opposition supporters in Lusaka.The crowd ... Read more »

The government is working on recovering scores of artisanal miners trapped underground in different mines dotted across the country, the mines minister, Winston Chitando has ... Read more »

President Emmerson Mnangagwa and two of his ministers have been dragged to court for failing to share information regarding the status of miners trapped at a mine in Matshetshe in ... Read more »

A new 78-page report from Human Rights Watch says that authorities have failed to stem or investigate the appalling abuses by the country's National Security Service (NSS). It says ... Read more »

With more elections on the cards in 2021 - in Djbouti, Chad and Somalia among others - African governments should prioritise the respect of fundamental freedoms, including the ... Read more »

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has said she would seek a full investigation into possible war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed during the ... Read more »

A year ago, feminist academic Stella Nyanzi was serving an 18-month jail term for cyber-harassment over a provocative Facebook post targeting Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni. ... Read more »

Marijuana industry experts say the draft Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill is restrictive as it focuses only on criminalisation. As the draft is still open for public comment ... Read more »

With just weeks left to the end of the mission's mandate, rights group Amnesty International has called on the UN Security Council to extend the mandate of the peacekeeping mission ... Read more »

President Lazarus Chakwera has no clear stance on the legalisation of same-sex marriage and has left it to the citizens to determine whether or not to legalise it, Brian Banda, the ... Read more »