Africa Zambia The population, now 19,6 million, grew from 13,1 million in 2010, according to data from the country's first electronic national census
Africa Zambia The Minister of Energy stated that a six-hour daily power cut would be enforced starting 15 December due to the energy crisis following the reduction of the water level in the Kariba dam
Africa Zambia 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
Africa Zambia 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
Africa Zambia 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
Africa 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
Africa Zambia 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
Africa Zambia 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
Africa Zambia 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
Africa Zambia The Football Association of Zambia has launched an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse in the women's game
Africa Zambia 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
Africa Zambia 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
Africa Zambia 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