Africa

Free education becomes Zambia’s election battleground

Free education becomes Zambia’s election battleground

Since 2022, Zambia has rolled out free education from primary through secondary school, boosting enrolment by over 2.3 million learners. As Hakainde Hichilema’s government seeks to entrench the policy in law, the opposition warns of overcrowded classrooms and strains on education quality

We would be 100 times richer: Kagame on allegations of exploiting DRC

Rwandan President Paul Kagame came out strongly against long-standing claims that his country profited from the unrest in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo [DRC] by extracting minerals. Speaking in Kigali at the 20th annual Umushyikirano, a constitutional forum where people interact directly with their leaders, Kagame said his country’s economy would improve if […]

Zambia rethinks its energy future

Zambia rethinks its energy future

The government plans to add 1 000MW of solar power to the national grid by 2027, with projects spread across the country