Zambia

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

UPND must stop interfering with the work of the Electoral Commission of Zambia because it will backfire on them as they will not be in power forever, Patriotic Front PF Central Committee member Geoffrey Bwalya Mwamba has said

New study by FAO and the Centre for International Forestry Research estimated that rural households harvest at least 12 million large buckets (20 litres) of wild forest food per year, which is equivalent to 125% of the volume of sawn wood produced

The country expects to increase its tobacco harvest by 25% and earn $92 million from the sale of the leaves when the marketing season closes in September

Education Hope Foundation board vice-chairperson has challenged companies operating in Zambia to help overcome the dramatic shortage of desks in schools across the country

The country is expected to soon access a $1,3 billion IMF support fund; the bailout was validated soon after the nation's creditors agreed to provide it with debt relief

UN has warned that plans by the Zimbabwean and Zambian governments to develop a golf course, lodges and a hydroelectric dam near Victoria Falls will put the popular tourist destination at risk of losing its World Heritage status

The National Union of Students of Zambia and its affiliated trade unions call on Parliament to amend the Public Order Bill, which defends the right of students and citizens to peacefully assemble and uphold the need for law and order

President of the Italian Republic Mattarella is visiting the country and will address the National Assembly of Zambia today on issues of mutual cooperation