Zambia plans to boost the number of elected members of parliament by more than a third, raising the prospect of a higher government wage bill at a time when the state is trying to conclude a debt ...

Despite sustained pushback from civil society and digital rights groups, Zambia has enacted sweeping cyber laws that threaten fundamental freedoms under the guise of countering terrorism and ...

05/20/2025 May 20, 2025 Theft of medicines has been blamed for the US stopping funds for Zambia's fragile healthcare system. But as the southern African country now grapples with $50 million less ...

Zambia will restructure its debt with regional lenders including the African Export-Import Bank and remain in default on those payments until it completes the process, Finance Minister Situmbeko ...

When Mwaka Sangwa, 63, first arrived in Meheba refugee settlement in North-Western Zambia in 1993, she never imagined that she would end up spending more than half of her life there. Despite losing ...

Zambia’s cumulative solar capacity had reached 196 MW by the end of 2024, up from 134 MW at the end of 2023, according to figures from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).

The two officials discussed Zambia’s “strengthening” ties with the EU, with a focus on democratic governance, electoral transparency and institutional cooperation. Extending Zambia's ...

When a toxic waste storage facility at a copper processing plant near Chambishi burst on 18 February, about 50 million litres of acidic waste polluted Zambia's Kafue River, which serves as a ...

In sunny Zambia, fewer than 6% of rural people have access to electricity, leaving over 94% in darkness. Zambia could tap into solar power to light up its rural areas, but this potential has yet ...

Months of tough AfDB campaigns end next week with a new president. Zambia’s foreign minister Mulambo Haimbe tells The Africa Report that there should be no hard feelings. South Africa and Zambia ought ...

The expansion will increase Lumwana’s total copper production by more than 400%, compared with the total produced since operations started in 2009. The project will extend Lumwana’s ...

The United States will reduce its annual medical funding to Zambia by $50 million due to the Zambian government's inadequate response to the theft and sale of donated drugs. Ambassador Michael ...