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Wycliffe Muia - BBC News May 23, 2024 at 4:00 AM Zambia's former President Edgar Lungu has said that he was "practically under house arrest", accusing police of a plot to forcefully detain him ...
v. t. e. General elections were held in Zambia on 12 August 2021 to elect the President, National Assembly, mayors, council chairs and councillors. Hakainde Hichilema of the United Party for National Development was elected president, defeating incumbent Edgar Lungu of the Patriotic Front.
The 2023–2024 Zambian cholera outbreak, part of the 2022–2024 Southern Africa cholera outbreak, is currently one of the most severe health crises in the country's recent history, [1] with its origins traced back to January 2023. [2] The outbreak initially surfaced in Vubwi District in the Eastern Province and Mwansabombwe District in ...
v. t. e. The COVID-19 pandemic in Zambia was a part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ( SARS-CoV-2 ). The virus was confirmed to have reached Zambia in March 2020.
A member of a rescue team raised hope Monday that there may be survivors at a Zambian mine where more than 30 informal miners have been trapped under debris for days and presumed dead after heavy ...
The quartet are alleged to have acted together to obtain 341,902 Zambian kwacha ($13,150 £10,580) from the government for expenses and a further 99,980 kwacha ($3,850 £3,095) for return flights ...
The politics of Zambia takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democratic republic, whereby the president of Zambia is head of state, head of government and leader of a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the government, while legislative power is vested in both the government and parliament.
Extreme weather attributed to the El Niño phenomenon is causing a surge in hunger in several countries, including Zambia and Afghanistan, the UN's World Food Programme said Wednesday, and called ...