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Kenyan Boniface Mwangi after a street protest in 2020. In 2025, he was driven to an unknown location, stripped naked, beaten by state security officers. Photo: File (2020)

African states silence dissenting voices through enforced disappearances

Governments on the continent are using enforced disappearances to silence political opposition but, as cases rise, only 21 of 55 states have ratified a key convention

Patson Dzamara standing in Africa Unity Square in Harare, the site of his brother’s protests, in 2018 (Photo: Nichole Sobecki/VII)

Remembering Patson Dzamara

Remembering Patson Dzamara, the Zimbabwean activist who never stopped searching for his brother

Doctors, on the other hand, seem to hold the heartbeat of the Zimbabwean government in their hands and, perhaps once in a while, they squeeze. (Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters)

Zimbabwe needs healing — and its doctors are on call

Strikes by medical professionals are the only language the Mnangagwa regime seems to understand

The complex judgment of Thandi Maqubela and her business partner is over 220 pages long

‘No stone unturned’ in search for missing Mugabe critic

Mujuru has promised to track down missing Mugabe critic Itai Dzamara

It can be a hallelujah moment now, but it could also be a moment to realise that the hard work starts now.

The flame of justice flickers on

A new breed of African freedom fighter is emerging, challenging authoritarianism with pure ideas that seek nothing but progress through liberty

Demonstrators march to mark the one-year anniversary of the disappearance of journalist and political activist Itai Dzamara. He was abducted three years ago.

Zimbabwe mum on abducted activist

Three years and one regime later, Itai Dzamara’s family is still waiting for information about his fate

Demonstrators march to mark the one-year anniversary of the disappearance of journalist and political activist Itai Dzamara. He was abducted three years ago.

‘Itai Dzamara’s only sin was speaking up’

It became clear that the freedoms we hoped would follow independence have been taken away by our own government

Patson Dzamara.

Mixed emotions for  ‘disappeared’ journo’s family after Mugabe fall

Patson Dzamara’s older brother, Itai, has been missing for more than two years after speaking out against the Mugabe regime

Abducted: Itai Dzamara has been a vocal critic of the regime.

Counting the hours: 14 400 since Itai Dzamara disappeared

The missing journalist’s brother Patson vows not to remain silent “in the face of increasing oppression” by Zimbabwean authorities.

Patson Dzamara.

Patson Dzamara: ‘What we want is to decapitate this monster called Robert Mugabe’

The brother of missing activist Itai Dzamara, says Zimbabwe has reached a watershed moment and the time for change has come.

Zimbabwe MPs in travel scam

Members of Parliament who represent constituencies outside Harare are raking in millions of Zimbabwean dollars every month from transport and accommodation allowances, despite…

Sewage seeps into Harare water supply

Former Harare Mayor, Elias Mudzuri, has said residents of the Zimbabwean capital and satellite towns are consuming water contaminated with raw sewage and that water supplies…

Air Zimbabwe market shrinks

Air Zimbabwe has leased one of its two Boeing 767 aircraft to Ghana Airways after losing its market share to competitors. An official at Ghana Airways offices in Accra said the…