Africa Zambia Gender-based violence is a widespread phenomenon in Zambia, particularly in the slums, where alcohol abuse, low levels of education and the poverty trap fuel violent behaviour against the female gender
Africa Zambia Zambian Barbra Banda, 24, was honoured as the BBC Women's Footballer of the Year 2024, becoming the first Zambian and second African to win this award in 10 years
Africa Zambia Although polling stations were scheduled to close Wednesday evening at 9pm many continued voting until dawn the next day as logistical problems like malfunctioning tablets for voter identification and dead batteries forced voters to wait hours at polls
Africa Zambia Distribution of oral cholera vaccines will begin in a few days, targeting the 54 cholera hotspots identified in the country
Africa Zambia There is growing concern about cross-border crimes at government level; authorities emphasised that these episodes threaten security not only on the Zambian-DRC border but in the entire Central African region