Zambia
Zambia president fires health minister
Chitalu Chilufya was held in June following accusations he used ill-gotten gains to acquire property. A court cleared him of the charges in August due to lack...
Starved of income, the government announced in mid-November that the country would no longer pay creditors - and the prices of basic goods began to rise.
Zambian President Edgar Lungu hit out at ‘mining investors who cry foul’ whenever Zambia sought to increase its share of its natural wealth.
Zambia, which has seen its external debt surge to nearly $12 billion this year, had made a formal request to the IMF on Tuesday.
Failure to honour its obligations could see it officially declared in default in the coming days.
The grace period for the missed payment ended Friday on a $750 million eurobond due to expire in 2022.
Mboweni has been publicly reprimanded by President Cyril Ramaphosa after he used Twitter to comment on the sacking of Zambia’s central bank governor.
Zambian President Edgar Lungu on Saturday dismissed central bank governor Denny Kalyalya and replaced him with former deputy finance minister Christopher Mphanza Mvunga.
President Edgar Lungu dismissed Governor Denny Kalyalya on Saturday and Mboweni is demanding an explanation.
Zambia has reported 1,416 confirmed coronavirus cases and 11 deaths so far.
Japhet Chataba, 39, and Steven Samba, 31, were both found guilty of "performing unnatural acts" and sentenced to 15 years in prison in November last year.
Zambia was already wrestling with a growing public debt even before the new coronavirus outbreak forced lockdowns across the globe, delivering a big blow to demand for raw materials.
Zesco’s Director of Corporate Services Patrick Mwila told a media briefing the electricity deficit had grown to 810 megawatts (MW) from a 690 MW gap in September.
The unnamed teenager based in the central small town of Kapiri Mposhi was arrested on Monday and charged with three counts of libel. He will appear in court 'soon', police said.
In addition to the $389 million, Zambia’s Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya said the United States would give Zambia funds specifically for the voluntary male circumcision programmes.
The WFP says that 60% of Zimbabwe's 15 million people are currently food insecure.
Zimbabwe and Zambia are bracing themselves for worsening power shortages, as the level of Lake Kariba continues to drop.
The approval for the export of cannabis was granted at a special cabinet meeting on 4 December, spokeswoman Dora Siliya said in a statement.
Daniel Foote came under fire in Zambia after he expressed horror over the high court ruling late last month and urged Lusaka to review laws that discriminate against minority groups.