A $500 million solar and wind energy facility funded by a TotalEnergies SE-backed firm and Chariot Ltd. will power First Quantum Minerals Ltd.’s copper mines in…
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The Zambian government has announced that ex-President Rupiah Banda, who passed away Friday, will be buried on March 18 at the Presidential Burial Site, Embassy Park,…
Rupiah Banda, who served as president of Zambia from 2008 and 2011, died Friday evening in the capital Lusaka at age 85. Banda died after a protracted battle…
The Energy Regulation Board (ERB) in Zambia has raised fuel pump rates, which will go into effect at midnight Tuesday. Energy Regulations Board chairperson, Reynolds Bowa,…
Zambia’s Minister of Finance, Situmbeko Musokotwane, says his country expects a debt health check to be completed by the end of this month, a restructuring agreement…
Zambia and the International Monetary Fund agreed at the staff level on Friday to a three-year, $1.4 billion loan, which could help restructure the heavily indebted…
Getrude Imenda, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Party for National Development (UPND), has recommended party structures across the country to promote more women to participate in…
On Thursday, Zambia’s newly elected government revealed that it found $2bn more than it thought the country is owing foreign creditors. The Chinese government alone is…
Former President of Zambia, Edgar Lungu, has deactivated his Facebook account a week after leaving office. Lungu, 64, had led the East African nation from 2015…
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema will not move from State House to his private residence. The move was made despite his predecessor, Edgar Lungu’s departure from the…