Copper-rich Zambia, once a byword for sovereign debt distress, heads to the polls Thursday in an election that will test whether President Hakainde Hichilema has convinced voters his economic reforms ...

Barbra Banda and the Zambia women's national team will miss the 2027 women's World Cup. Marc Atkins / Getty Images The Zambia women’s national team have failed to reach the knockout stage of the Women ...

Save a Child’s Heart program mentors hospital staff with 6-year fellowship, recently donated crucial new equipment; group has ...

The 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) produced one of the tournament’s most dramatic group stage outcomes as Zambia ...

CHONGWE, Zambia—Benson Chipungu sits in a leather armchair and reaches for the remote to switch off the news. Pieces of fabric hang over the windows, darkening the room against the heat. A gas-powered ...

Zambia's former Foreign Minister Joseph Malanji has been sentenced to four years in prison with hard labour after being convicted of corruption. Malanji was found guilty on seven counts of acquiring ...

August vote seen as referendum on Hichilema's record A late-2025 survey showed Hichilema as frontrunner Opposition unify around first-time runner Mundubile LUSAKA, July 9 (Reuters) - Zambia is gearing ...

Drying rice seed on a farm near Mongu, Zambia. Credit: Luke Olsen, S.J. In July, a group of farmers gathered in a small mission style chapel about two hours outside Mongu, the capital of Western ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In July, the search to find the world’s next top-tier copper reserve led a Silicon Valley start-up to the ...

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