President Rupiah Banda hopes Zambia’s mining boom will propel him to re-election on Tuesday over main opposition leader Michael Sata.
For Zambian subsistence farmers losing a crop means going hungry, leaving few resources to spare when the health system cannot help them.
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/ 9 September 2011
In the run up to Zambia’s presidential and parliamentary elections, we asked people what they think about their country.
Economic indicators show Zambia is on the path of progress, but for millions of poor citizens their daily existence is a grind.
After months of speculation, Zambian President Rupiah Banda has finally announced that the country will go to the polls next month.
Zambia’s former president was known for his corruption and taste in shoes.
Frederick Chiluba, Zambia’s first democratically elected president who became increasingly autocratic during his decade in office, died on Saturday.
The Catholic Church says the Zambian government has used state media to accuse it of supporting homosexuality and
Chinese investment in Africa is the single most important development of the previous decade for the continent.
Commodities trader Glencore International is allegedly using dubious tax practices at its Zambian operations, media reports say.
Accusations of inflated costs at a Zambian mine have been made against Glencore.
Vale, the world’s largest iron ore producer, bid $1,1-billion for Metorex to tap into its copper and cobalt operations and drive growth via Africa.
Zambia has cleared Africa’s largest grocer Shoprite over allegations of threatening to blacklist suppliers who dealt with its rival Pick n Pay.
A steadily growing economy is hampered by a lack of formal employment and fractious politics.
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/ 19 January 2011
Zambian police arrested two journalists after riots saw two people being killed during secessionist demonstrations.
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/ 10 January 2011
Chinese investment in Zambia topped $1-billion and created 15 000 jobs in 2010, with $5-billion more to be spent in the coming years.
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/ 11 December 2010
Zambia’s central bank has appointed South Africa’s FirstRand to run a key commercial bank facing collapse due to poor management.
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/ 3 December 2010
President Jacob Zuma and his Zambian counterpart Rupiah Banda on Thursday called for sanctions against Zimbabwe to be dropped.
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/ 5 November 2010
Zambia’s Premier League clubs have embarked on an indefinite boycott of their domestic league matches.
The country’s abundance of sun, rain and arable
land is feeding a boom in agricultural investment.
Infrastructure remains a key to development, writes
<b>Bronwen Kausch</b>.
Pressure on the economy is forcing the government to seek ways to include those outside the formal sector.
Long dependent on copper, the country must develop other economic sectors if it is to prosper.
Luanshya has known the best and worst of times but its residents are optimistic that a major Chinese investment will bring back the glory days.
When the major decision of the day is whether to fish, take a cruise up the river or have another beer, the lower Zambezi Valley feels like paradise.
The Zambian courts are defying the regional and international guarantees of freedom of expression that Zambia has signed.
The "harsh" contempt of court jail sentence imposed a Zambian editor could set a bad example for other countries in the region, Sanef said on Monday.
Ten years after fleeing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Muzungu Makoi says he is still haunted by the massacres and refuses to leave Zambia.
Hard-fought gains against HIV/Aids are being threatened by international donors “flatlining” funding for treatment programmes.
The China Development Bank (CDB) on Tuesday offered to provide $1-billion for a planned hydroelectric station in Zambia.
Climate change is affecting the annual Kuomboka ceremony of the Lozi people of western Zambia –Ancient ways in deep water and their way of life.
The UN said on Tuesday that it has protested Zambia’s move to deport dozens of DRC refugees after they took part in a demonstration.