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  Zambia Goes to the Polls: The Conversations Dominating Street Corners and Minibus Taxis By Rodgers Mangwela| August 11, 2026 A minibus in Zambia can be many things at once: a means of getting to work, a classroom of political debate, a marketplace of rumours and, in election season, a rolling public opinion poll. One passenger complains about the price of food. Another talks about cadres. Someone at the back brings up former President Edgar Lungu's body, still at the centre of a political and legal saga. Then the conversation shifts to opposition politicians who have been arrested or detained, before someone asks the question that has followed Zambian politics for years: Where is all the money going? These are not necessarily the polished arguments heard at political rallies or in television studios. They are conversations shaped by household budgets, personal experiences, frustration, political loyalties and, sometimes, rumours. But as Zambia prepares to vote on August ...

  WNBA Transgender Controversy Deepens as League Faces Pressure to Define Who Can Play The basketball is still being played, the points are still going on the scoreboard and the WNBA season continues to attract unprecedented attention. But increasingly, one of the league's biggest battles is being fought away from the court — over a question that has little to do with jump shots and everything to do with sex, gender, fairness and the future of women's sport. The controversy surrounding transgender athletes in the Women's National Basketball Association has entered a new and potentially consequential phase. What began with comments from Indiana Fever guard Sophie Cunningham has grown into a much wider confrontation involving players, coaches, the Women's National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA), political figures and, most recently, former NBA players declaring their intention to enter the WNBA Draft. At the centre of it all is a deceptively simple ques...

  Lonely Chinese Men Lured by Fake Brides in Growing Matchmaking Scam For some men, the search for a wife can become so desperate that a promise of love begins to look like a lifeline. For others, that promise can become a carefully constructed trap. That is what happened to Wang Zhuang, a 37-year-old Chinese man who had begun to fear that he might never marry. Then came the advertisements. They offered what appeared to be an answer to his loneliness: introductions to young women who were described as modest, hardworking and committed to family life. The sales pitch was simple "why spend years dating when a matchmaking service could find a suitable wife almost immediately?" Wang was persuaded. He travelled to Guiyang, the capital of China's southwestern Guizhou province, believing he might finally have found the woman with whom he could build a future. Instead, the marriage he entered into was over almost as quickly as it had begun. His experience, highlig...

  Zambia Heads to the Polls: How to Stay Connected If Social Media Restrictions Return As Zambia approaches the 2026 general elections, learn practical ways to stay connected if social media or internet restrictions occur, including VPNs, Tor Browser, bridges and offline preparation. Download your tools before the internet becomes difficult One of the biggest mistakes people can make is waiting until a restriction occurs before looking for a VPN or censorship-circumvention tool. If access to the websites providing those tools is itself restricted, downloading them afterwards can become much harder. This is why organisations working on internet freedom recommend preparing in advance. Useful tools include Tor Project's Tor Browser , as well as Tor-powered applications such as Orbot. Depending on the device and purpose, users can also consider Onion Browser, Tails and OnionShare. The principle is straightforward: install first, learn how to use the tool second, and only w...