A Sociologist in the Congo Struggles to Recover From Jail

The professor was imprisoned and beaten for his work on how politicians exploit ethnic strife

From a small, second-floor room in the Center for Human Rights, Gaspard-Christian Kambaji wa Kambaji, an immaculately dressed man with graying hair, glances from the window at the wet streets of downtown Lubumbashi, the capital of Katanga province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The professor is looking for a white Suzuki jeep. Government intelligence agents, from the National

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