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Focus Countries

SALC works in the following countries: Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Eswatini, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. In addition, SALC supports litigation in South African courts that advances human rights in the southern African region.

Angola

Botswana

Eswatini

Malawi

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Trading medicine for minerals: The Trump administration’s flawed strategy in Angola AngolaArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights NewsEquality Rights WomenEquality Rights Women Articles

Trading medicine for minerals: The Trump administration’s flawed strategy in Angola

Polity 8 August Reina Patel and Riya Jain If one thing is clear about the Trump Administration’s aid cuts, it is that it will cost lives-millions of them. According to the Africa CDC,…
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The treatment of foreign nationals in SADC prisons ArticlesCriminal JusticeCriminal Justice Criminal Law ReformCriminal Justice Criminal Law Reform ArticlesCriminal Justice NewsCriminal Justice Prison ReformCriminal Justice Prison Reform ArticlesSADC

The treatment of foreign nationals in SADC prisons

Polity 08 August 2025 Madelyn Evans The treatment of foreign nationals in prisons across the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region has become an increasingly urgent human rights concern. Migrants,…
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Destroying protected forests one tree at a time: Inside Zambia’s Kasanka National Park ArticlesSocio-Economic Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights Land RightsSocio-Economic Rights Land Rights ArticlesSocio-economic Rights NewsZambia

Destroying protected forests one tree at a time: Inside Zambia’s Kasanka National Park

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“We just kept coming to work”: How healthcare workers in Malawi are navigating the silence of the government ArticlesEquality RightsEquality Rights ArticlesEquality Rights Health ArticlesEquality Rights LGBTIQ+ ArticlesEquality Rights Women ArticlesMalawi

“We just kept coming to work”: How healthcare workers in Malawi are navigating the silence of the government

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Jurisdiction, justice, and the journey home: The San and Bayei people’s struggle to reclaim Chief’s Island (Khuti ya ga Mathiba), their indigenous and ancestral land

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Policy brief: Legal environment affecting key populations in Africa Equality RightsEquality Rights HealthEquality Rights LGBTIQ+Equality Rights ResourcesEquality Rights WomenLesothoMalawiResearch Reports & Policy BriefsResourcesTanzaniaZambiaZimbabwe

Policy brief: Legal environment affecting key populations in Africa

This policy brief on Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe and Uganda outlines the legal gains in sexual and reproductive rights for key populations in these countries over the…
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