Home of Prominent Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Bombed

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Job Sikhala, former legislator and member of the Zimbabwean opposition party Citizens Coalition for Change, climbs into a prison truck at the magistrates court in Harare, Zimbabwe, January 24, 2024. © 2024 Jekesai Njikizana/AFP via Getty Images In the early hours of August 30, unidentified perpetrators bombed the home of Job Sikhala, a prominent critic of Zimbabwe’s government. Sikhala reported that at the time only his children were in the house, in a suburb of Chitungwiza, near Harare, the capital, but escaped unharmed. Sikhala, 53, said in a statement…

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