Zambia

Zambia ex-postal chief charged with plundering UK-backed social fund

Lusaka – Zambian investigators on Thursday arrested the ex-head of postal services and two former directors for allegedly diverting... Read more

10 Dec, 2021

Lusaka – Zambian graft investigators said on Tuesday they had arrested and charged the ex-foreign affairs minister and the former... Read more

8 Dec, 2021

Lusaka – Zambian authorities on Friday slapped new charges on the liquidator of a major copper mine, accusing him of... Read more

4 Dec, 2021

Lusaka – IMF staff on Friday reached an agreement with Zambia on a $1.4 billion, three-year aid programme that they... Read more

4 Dec, 2021

Lusaka – The August election of Zambia’s president Hakainde Hichilema, which he won by a landslide, was widely hailed... Read more

1 Dec, 2021

Lusaka – Zambia’s new government laid out its plan to restore financial stability on Friday, presenting a new budget as... Read more

30 Oct, 2021

Lusaka – Zambia’s newly elected government on Thursday said it owed $2 billion more to foreign creditors than previously thought,... Read more

8 Oct, 2021

Lusaka – Zambia on Friday announced the complete lifting of coronavirus restrictions from the weekend, although just 3% of eligible... Read more

2 Oct, 2021

Lusaka – Zambia’s president Hakainde Hichilema said on Thursday he has made progress in talks with the International Monetary Fund... Read more

1 Oct, 2021

Lusaka – Zambian authorities said on Wednesday they have arrested the liquidator of a major copper firm for embezzling... Read more

30 Sep, 2021