ZAMBIA: Reports of the President's death "erroneous"
TheZambian government insisted today that President Levy Mwanawasa wasalive - denying media reports he had died in a Paris hospital - anddescribed...
ZAMBIA: Rising levels of resentment towards Zimbabweans
Zimbabweansseeking greener pastures in neighbouring Zambia – and an escape fromthe election violence wracking the country – are becoming...
ZAMBIA: Ugandan refugees return home
TheUN refugee agency (UNHCR) has begun the voluntary repatriation ofUgandan refugees in Zambia, some of whom have lived in the southernAfrican...
Japan allocates US$5 million to WFP and UNICEF in Zambia
The Government of Japan has decided to allocate US$5 million to the Republic of Zambia through UNICEF and the World Food Programme (WFP). The purpose...
African nations gather to support a ban on cluster bombs
A 39-nation coalition in Africa passed a declaration on Tuesday to ban cluster bombs in a nearly unanimous vote. The gathering in Lusaka, Zambia was...
Webster Katope: "I had no idea I had TB"
Webster Katope*, 43, a pastor from Lusaka who is married with three children, found out he had tuberculosis (TB) in 2007. He talked to IRIN/PlusNews...
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Feeling the bite of rising food prices
With no end in sight to rising global food prices, families across southern Africa are being forced to tighten their belts. “Everything is very...
ZAMBIA: Never too old to learn
Clara Moyo, 50, has 11 children and three grandchildren. She went back to school a few years ago, and is now in grade 10 at the same secondary school...
ZAMBIA: A new kind of internally displaced people
Zambia's open-door investment policy is coming under criticism from rights activists for passing on the real cost of development to the poor, who are...