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

A new medical oxygen generation plant in Kitwe Teaching Hospital will provide quality oxygen to health facilities in Copperbelt Province

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

The Patriarchal Exarch of Africa, Russian Metropolitan Konstantin of Zaraisk, consecrated the foundation stone of the first Orthodox church under construction in Zambia

Nearly 10 million people are estimated to be affected by an El Nino-induced drought, about half of the country's population

National power company Zesco has announced a series of scheduled eight-hour blackouts to ration electricity after the country is hit by a devastating drought due to a very poor rainy season

The IMF said it will visit Zambia, presumably in mid-April, to assess the negative impact of the ongoing drought on the country's growth and budget

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has declared the drought a disaster and a national emergency, saying it has devastated food production and compromised power generation

Artist Olive Samukolo during an event at Livingstone Museum said to regard art as a decent career like any other vocation, as art enables to acquire long-lasting skills to earn a fulfilling livelihood, contributing to social and economic development

The National Heroes Stadium, Zambia's ultra-modern stadium in Lusaka, which was designated as a national cholera center at the height of the outbreak, has no one admitted as the country continues to see a steady decline in cases

Schools in Zambia reopened for the first time this year, after several five-week delays after the Christmas holidays following an ongoing cholera epidemic in the country

The country aims to produce 3 million tonnes of copper per year within a decade, up from the current 830.000 tonnes, said the Minister of Mines and Mining Development

The reopening of schools has been further postponed to 12 February 2024, a decision that follows advice of Council of Ministers for National Disaster Management and Mitigation; calendar for schools and institutes has been changed to make up for lost time