Rupiah Banda has again been blocked from leaving the country, pending corruption charges brought against him. Zambia’s ex-president Rupiah Banda has been blocked from leaving the country but says he is unfazed by his “persecution”. Zambian immigration authorities on Friday prevented the 76-year-old from leaving the country for the third time in nearly two months, sparking widespread […]
Zambian men charged with “engaging in homosexual acts”
10 May 2013 by
James Mwape and Philip Mubiana, both 22, have been charged with four counts of committing “unnatural” sexual acts. Zambia is a socially conservative country and homosexual acts carry a jail sentence of up to 14 years. The government has resisted pressure from campaign groups and Western governments to scrap the law. Amnesty International called for […]