"The government went on a borrowing spree over the last few years and was then unable to repay," notes Peter Leon, co-chair of the Africa group at the law firm Herbert Smith ... Read more »
News agencies and a local newspaper are reporting that two people died from gunshot wounds after Zambian police dispersed a crowd of opposition supporters in Lusaka.The crowd ... Read more »
International organizations working to sustain the dramatic reductions of malaria deaths across Africa are calling for a 'holistic' approach to intertwined crises in health, ... Read more »
It is almost a year since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. G-20 countries mobilised more than U.S.$11 trillion in stimulus packages, printing additional money to combat its ... Read more »
Southern Africa's Cosafa Women's soccer tournament kicked off on November 3. Fired-up performances has seen some teams finding the back of the net multiple times. So far, hosts ... Read more »
Human rights lawyers have filed a class action suit against Anglo American on behalf of over 100,000 people in the Kabwe District of Zambia who are believed to have been poisoned ... Read more »
A Zambian court has jailed outspoken opposition leader Chishimba Kambwili for forgery. It is alleged that in October 2013, Kambwili forged a document to show that it was signed by ... Read more »
President Cyril Ramaphosa has "strongly reprimanded" Finance Minister Tito Mboweni for his tweets, which sharply criticised Zambian President Edgar Lungu for abruptly firing the ... Read more »
President Edgar Lungu has requested debt relief and cancellation from China due to the economic impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic, his office has said. Zambia's public debt ... Read more »
Zambia will now try to estimate how much revenue was lost under its tax treaty with Mauritius, which one official described as "not balanced or fair". It is the second African ... Read more »
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