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  • FILE. Zambian President Edgar Chagwa Lungu. Picture: AFP

    Zambian regulator suspends 3 broadcasters for conduct during election

    The regulator said the broadcasters’ actions posed a risk to national peace and stability.

    2105 days ago
  • The Zambian flag

    Zambia opposition leader files court challenge to Lungu’s re-election

    According to a new rule introduced in January, Lungu can’t be sworn in now that the vote’s contested in court.

    2108 days ago
  • FILE: Zambian President Edgar Lungu (left). Picture: AFP.

    Zambia’s Lungu says to cut spending, boost growth

    President Edgar Lungu was re-elected to the helm of Africa’s second-largest copper producer.

    2109 days ago
  • Edgar Lungu (l) talks to foreign affairs minister Harry Kalaba during a military exhibition march past on 24 October, 2014 to mark Zambia's 50th Independence celebration. Picture: AFP.

    Zambian president Lungu re-elected in disputed vote

    Hakainde Hichilema’s United Party for National Development (UPND) said it would appeal the result.

    2112 days ago
  • FILE. Zambian President Edgar Chagwa Lungu. Picture: AFP

    Zambia's president takes narrow early lead in election

    The Electoral Commission said audits were taking longer than expected partly due to a large voter turnout.

    2115 days ago
  • Opposition candidate Hakainde Hichilema, of the United Party for National Development (UPND) party, casts his ballot on 20 January, 2015 in Lusaka. Picture: AFP.

    Zambia awaits presidential, parliamentary vote results

    Re-elections will be held in 37 days if none of the candidates secure a majority over 50 percent in votes.

    2116 days ago
  • FILE: Zambian flag. Picture: Supplied.

    Zambians vote peacefully in closely-fought elections

    Observers are braced for trouble when the results are announced on Saturday.

    2116 days ago
  • FILE: People walk down a street in the central Lusaka business district in 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Zambians head to polls amid tensions as economy struggles

    President Edgar Lungu & his rival Hakainde Hichilema both have said they are confident of outright victory.

    2117 days ago
  • Picture: Vumani Mkhize/EWN

    Zambia shuts down newspaper in tax dispute

    Zambia’s tax authorities have accused the publication of failing to pay taxes.

    2166 days ago
  • The Zambian flag

    Zambia election body threatens to halt all campaigning over violence

    The Electoral Process Act of 2016 empowered the Electoral Commission of Zambia to suspend campaigns.

    2171 days ago
  • FILE. Zambian Police patrol near the Chawama Compound where residents have attacked broken and looted foreign-run shops in Lusaka on 19 April, 2016. Picture: AFP.

    Calm restored in Zambia following xenophobic attacks

    Troops deployed to contain the unrest have been withdrawn from Lusaka’s streets.

    2228 days ago
  • A Zambian Policeman apprehends an alleged looter in the Zingalume Compound where residents have attacked broken and looted foreign-run shops in Lusaka on 18 April, 2016. Picture: AFP.

    Zambia police fight rioters as attacks on foreigners spread

    Six people have been murdered in the past four weeks and police said some body parts had been removed.

    2230 days ago
  • Zambia is likely to produce 2.4 million tonnes of maize in the current 2015/2016 crop season. Picture: AFP.

    Zambia lifts maize export ban, has stocks to last until August

    Zambia suspended maize exports to curb local shortages pending the verification of available stocks.

    2236 days ago
  • Victoria Falls during dry season. Picture: victoriafallstourism.org

    African drought tames Victoria Falls' thunderous roar

    Flows have dropped to 30-year lows at the waterfall straddling Zambia and Zimbabwe's shared border.

    2279 days ago
  • FILE: People walk down a street in the central Lusaka business district in 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Zambian economic growth seen at 3.7% in 2016

    Christopher Mvunga says the central bank had not intervened in the market to stabilise the kwacha.

    2299 days ago
  • FILE: Farmers in Reddersburg, Free State were unable to plant any maize this season because of the drought.  Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN.

    In southern Africa, an illusion built on aid heralds hope & hunger

    Droughts have hit the maize crop in some parts of the Southern African countries, with dire economic costs.

    2303 days ago
  • Picture: Freeimages.com.

    Zambia asks South Africa for 300 MW of emergency power

    South African energy ministry officials did not respond to requests for comment.

    2326 days ago
  • The portrait of Lucy Banda Sichone, by Deirdre Saunder. Picture: Facebook

    First Female Rhodes scholar honored with portrait at Oxford University

    The portrait of Zambian Activist, Lucy Banda Sichone, was unveiled at Oxford’s Rhodes House on Wednesday.

    2360 days ago
  • The International Monetary Fund (IMF). Picture: EPA.

    IMF in Zambia to review economy as currency slides

    Zambia’s kwacha fell to a low on Tuesday but recovered slightly to trade up 1.44 percent at 13.6900.

    2390 days ago
  • Edgar Lungu (l) talks to foreign affairs minister Harry Kalaba during a military exhibition march past on 24 October, 2014 to mark Zambia's 50th Independence celebration. Picture: AFP.

    Zambia seeks divine help to tackle economic woes

    Zambia has seen its kwacha currency tumble nearly 50 percent against the dollar this year.

    2414 days ago
  • FILE: A miner. Picture: AFP

    Women pay the price for Zambia's mining expansion

    Thousands of families have been displaced to make room for a mining project in northwest Zambia.

    2448 days ago
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