Zambia Claim Big Win in TotalEnergies CAF U17 Afcon Opener
Cosafa
Zambia made a bright start to their TotalEnergies CAF Under-17 Africa Cup of Nations, Morocco 2025 campaign with a 4-1 victory over Tanzania in their opening clash in Group A that… Read more »
More Than 300 Arrests As African Countries Clamp Down on Cyber Threats [press release]
Interpol
Authorities in seven African countries have arrested 306 suspects and seized 1,842 devices in an international operation targeting cyber attacks and cyber-enabled scams. Read more »
Communities Living Near Zambian Copper Mines Take Legal Action Against Mining Giant First Quantum Minerals Over Alleged Involuntary Resettlement of Thousands of People [press release]
Leigh Day
Villagers from farming and fishing communities in Zambia are taking legal action against Canadian mining company First Quantum Minerals (FQM) claiming the company effectively… Read more »
What's Behind Hichilema's Constitutional Reforms in Zambia?
People's Dispatch
Opposition parties allege that under the cover of constitutional reforms, President Hakainde Hichilema is manipulating the 2026 electoral race to secure victory despite his… Read more »
Zambia's Fx Reserves Hit Record-High but Currency Woes Persist
Daba Finance
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Zambians Dissatisfied With Their Economy and the Country's Overall Direction
Afrobarometer
The increasing cost of living tops the list of the most important problems that Zambians want their government to address. Read more »
Fighting Multiple Outbreaks in Zambia's Copperbelt [press release]
Africa CDC
Rain lashes the ground in northern Zambia, but the mission presses on. It's a Wednesday in January, and the showers that drench this region--bordering the Democratic Republic of… Read more »
Solutions to TB and HIV Benefit All of Us, North and South [guest column]
allAfrica
In the west of Kenya, near the shores of Lake Victoria, where I come from, a tuberculosis outbreak is no different from one that takes place anywhere else in the world. A few dozen… Read more »
Landmark Resilience Plan to Support Refugee Hosting Communities in Zambia
UNHCR
The Government of the Republic of Zambia, Embassy of Japan, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have launched a… Read more »
High Soybean Prices in Zambia and Malawi May Make Chicken Costly Too - Lack of Competition Is to Blame [analysis]
The Conversation Africa
Poultry is one of the cheapest protein sources for the growing population of the east and southern Africa region. That makes soybeans critical to food security in the region, as… Read more »
FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Qualifiers - Nigeria, Guinea, Cameroon, and Zambia Reach Third Round
CAF
Nigeria, Cameroon, Zambia, and Guinea secured their spots in the third and final round of qualifiers for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup, joining Côte d'Ivoire after… Read more »
Mining in Toxic Lead Waste Poisons Children
HRW
Comprehensive Mine Remediation, End to Hazardous Mining Urgently Needed in Kabwe Read more »
