PART THREE: Who has the key?

The agreement promised legal accommodation. The men ended up in a maximum-security prison. More than a year later, the legal chain governing their confinement and release remains unclear. This investigation is part of The Deportation Project — Inside the Trump...
Kabwata’s Mystery Builders

Kabwata’s Mystery Builders

The illegal construction of 18 structures in parts of Kabwata echoes a pattern seen during the Patriotic Front’s time in government, when party cadres were accused of putting up structures without authorisation. This time, the Lusaka City Council demolished the...
PART TWO: The Deal

PART TWO: The Deal

$5.1 million, 160 people — and a deal that began behind closed doors This investigation is part of The Deportation Project — Inside the Trump administration’s secret deals to expel people worldwide, a collaborative investigation led by Forbiden Stories involving 24...
PART ONE: The men who were sent to Eswatini

PART ONE: The men who were sent to Eswatini

They left the United States expecting deportation. Instead, they were flown thousands of kilometres to a country they had never known — and taken to a maximum-security prison. This investigation is part of The Deportation Project — Inside the Trump administration’s...