Zambia

Zambia Forestry and Forest Industries Corporation is committed to improving support for the promotion and establishment of forestry outsourcing schemes by individuals and communities as a means to combat global warming

President of the Republic of Zambia Hakainde Hichilema at the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week has promised to open a permanent embassy in the UAE to cope with increased trade and opportunities between the two countries

Government has made an upward adjustment to the minimum wages of the country's vulnerable workers such as domestic workers and shopkeepers

The population, now 19,6 million, grew from 13,1 million in 2010, according to data from the country's first electronic national census

Vice President Nalumango called for strong collaboration between government and cooperating partners to eliminate hunger and all forms of malnutrition in the country, saying government alone cannot effectively and comprehensively address the problems

Zambia's National Institute of Public Health called for collaboration across all sectors in the fight against antimicrobial resistance, stressing that it remains a threat to humans, animals, plants and the environment

Zambia has been selected to be among the first countries to benefit from the Climate Investment Funds' new Nature, People and Climate investment programme to preserve the environmental integrity of the Zambezi Basin

Zambian ranger Neddy Mulimo, senior support manager of Game Rangers International, a non-profit wildlife conservation organisation founded in Zambia in 2008, received an award for his work against poaching

Rating agency Moody's has stated that it believes Zambia will remain subject to a high risk of redefault in the future due to limited external financing sources, very weak governance, exposure to environmental and social risks

Zambia's UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Prosper Ng'andu, has said the Refugee Settlement Modernisation Approach that the country will use will strengthen the protection of refugees as will ensure that they are fully self-sufficient

Contagious Bovine Plural Pneumonia has killed more than 800 cattle in the Nkeyema district of Western Province since June this year; veterinary departments in the province are taking measures to help stop the further spread of the disease

The Football Association of Zambia has launched an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse in the women's game