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

There has been an increase in the rate of access to electricity in urban areas, from 64% to 80%, according to the National Energy Access Baseline Survey's report on the country's households

The Evangelical Fellowship of Zambia says the nation should move on now that the eligibility case of former President Edgar Lungu has been settled with the Constitutional Court ruling Lungu ineligible to contest the 2026 elections

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

Distribution of oral cholera vaccines will begin in a few days, targeting the 54 cholera hotspots identified in the country