Africa Zambia Concerns are growing for elevated aflatoxin levels detected in maize grain, animal feed and mealie meal; aflatoxins, caused by fungi, can contaminate many crops in stressful conditions and at high levels pose significant health risks to humans and animals
Africa Zambia Brian Mundubile, opposition leader in parliament, condemned the imprisonment of, among others, Pambashe MPs Ronald Chitotela and Kawambwa MP Nickson Chilangwa, joining the many voices calling for their release and demanding justice
Africa Zambia The country celebrates the bronze medal won by Muzala Samukonga, a 21-year-old sprinter, in the men's 400-metre race at the Paris 2024 Olympics with a time of 43,74 seconds, setting a new national record
Africa Zambia ZESCO Limited is conducting a feasibility study to explore the potential of using available water resources to increase power generation capacity
Africa Zambia With two million more children able to attend state schools from 2021 without paying after school is made free for all, experts say overcrowding is jeopardising the quality of education, especially for low-income students
Africa Zambia The International Monetary Fund granted an additional $385 million for the Extended Credit Facility to provide financial aid to the country after a six-month drought
Africa Zambia WWF Zambia called for the creation of a special fund dedicated to the development of forestry sector, suggesting to use the resources collected from the carbon tax to recapitalise the industry and ensure the viability of green economy plans
Africa Zambia The plan to create a mining investment trading unit was approved, with the government wanting to move from a dividend payment model to a production-based sharing mechanism
Africa Zambia China is closely monitoring the progress of the negotiations on the country's debt restructuring and will take measures to support it in dealing with the relevant issues
Africa Zambia The distribution of relief food to drought-affected areas of the country began with the approval of the drought response plan for food security for the period from April 2024 to May 2025
Africa Zambia A new medical oxygen generation plant in Kitwe Teaching Hospital will provide quality oxygen to health facilities in Copperbelt Province
Africa Zambia The road network in the western province should be developed with bituminous standards, declared the National Assembly Commission for the National Economy, Trade and Labour, underlining the correlation between good roads and economic development
Africa Zambia The Patriarchal Exarch of Africa, Russian Metropolitan Konstantin of Zaraisk, consecrated the foundation stone of the first Orthodox church under construction in Zambia