Southern African countries committed serious human rights violations throughout 2025, creating vicious cycles of abuse and impunity, this is according to Human Rights Watch's World Report 2026. The report says security forces in Angola, Eswatini, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe used excessive and at times lethal force, and arbitrarily arrested and detained protesters.  Ashwanee Budoo-Scholtz  deputy Africa director at Human Rights Watch says Southern African governments are, in many cases, failing to meet their international legal obligations to bring those responsible for human rights violations to justice, creating an environment for abusers to thrive.