Holders SA, Hosts Zambia in COSAFA Final Contest

CAJ News

A DREAM final between the two most successful sides in the tournament is in the offing as hosts, Zambia, and defending champions, South Africa, contest the final of the Council of… Read more »

Why Gender-Based Violence Persists in Zambia

Times of Zambia

The rising cases of gender-based violence (GBV) in Zambia in the recent past call for enhanced multi-sectoral interventions in order to halt the scourge. Read more »

U.S. Bullying of Zambia Over Homosexuality a Recurring Tactic

CAJ News

THE diplomatic tiff between Zambia and the United States of America (USA) over the sentencing of two men for homosexuality highlights the tendency by US envoys to interfere in host… Read more »

Kaunda Gets Anti-Graft Award

The Herald

Former Zambian president Dr Kenneth Kaunda (95) has been honoured with a lifetime achiever's award for fighting corruption. Read more »

Football/U-20 - Angola Play Zambia At Cosafa Cup

ANGOP

The under-20 national football team will face the host team,Zambia, in a semi finals match of the Cosafa Cup, to take place Thursday afternoon in Nkoloma Stadium, in Lusaka City. Read more »

'Intensify Awareness Campaigns On Women's Struggles'

Times of Zambia

An international women advocacy organisation (Merk Foundation) has called for the intensifying of stories on struggles women go through as a way of helping reduce inequality and… Read more »

Don't Be Too Comfortable, Ex-Zambian First Lady's Advice to Wives of Powerful Zim Men

New Zimbabwe

Visiting former Zambian First Lady Maureen Mwanawasa has challenged spouses of powerful men in Zimbabwe to work towards enhancing their professional lives as this will not leave… Read more »

Standing Up for Human Rights in Zambia [Blog]

Council on Foreign Relations

Last week, when U.S. Ambassador to Zambia Daniel Foote expressed his dismay about a Zambian court ruling sentencing two men to fifteen years in prison for the crime of conducting a… Read more »

U.S-Zambia Ties Strained Over 15-Year Jail Sentence of Gay Couple

This is Africa

Zambia' s High Court recently passed a decade and a half long jail term to two men for engaging in sexual relations "against the order of nature". The move was highly criticised by… Read more »

Press Statement from U.S. Ambassador Daniel L. Foote [press release]

U.S. Embassy Luanda

Let us first acknowledge World AIDS Day, which we will celebrate tomorrow in Zambia.  We highlighted this year’s theme, “Communities make the difference,”… Read more »

U.S. Faces Govt Protest After Criticising 15-Year Gay Sex Sentence

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Zambia's President has said local culture prohibited homosexuality and that he would not repeal the law against gay sex Read more »

Zambia and Switzerland Envoys Present Credentials

Botswana Daily News

New envoys to Botswana representing Zambia and Switzerland Mr Mwansa Kapeya and Mr Nicolas Brühl December 2 presented letters of credence to President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi. Read more »

Equipment Makers Urged to Target Zambian Market

The Herald

Trade promotion body, ZimTrade, has urged local manufacturers of mining equipment to consider exporting to the Zambian market. Read more »

Copper Market Shake-Up Makes Waves in Zambia [analysis]

Daily Maverick

Rio Tinto Group has joined the contest for Zambia's number one copper miner, First Quantum Minerals, which recently ceded 20% of its shares to the Chinese state-owned Jiangxi… Read more »

Zambia On the Road to Improving Health Equity Through Action On Social Determinants of Health

WHO

The attainment of Zambia's goal of being a prosperous and middle-income country by 2030 as stipulated in its Vision 2030 is dependent on among others, a healthy and productive… Read more »