
Highlighting forced disappearances in Zimbabwe
On International Day in Support of Victims of Enforced Disappearances, we speak to a lawyer in Zimbabwe about the situation in his country.
On International Day in Support of Victims of Enforced Disappearances, we speak to Kumbirai Mafunda from the organisation Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights about the situation in his country.
Plus, the first ship carrying Ukrainian wheat to Africa since the Russian invasion of that country has docked in Djibouti, its cargo destined for neighbouring Ethiopia.
And a special report from the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where protests against the United Nations’ mission have resulted in dozens of deaths.
(Photo: A protest in Harare calling for justice for an abducted political activist; Credit: Getty Images)
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