Death toll from capsized ferry in Zimbabwe rises to 92
Search efforts to recover the remaining victims are still underway.
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Zambia to vote as economic hardship tests government reforms
Debt restructuring, inflation and copper revenues are emerging as key issues in the vote.
Zambia delaying US deals over minerals and data demands
Government calls for partnership not aid as it rejects US funds due to strategic autonomy concerns.
Is the US forcing Zambia to trade minerals for lives?
Zambia must decide by April 30 if it will provide American businesses with preferential access to its minerals.
Published On 29 Apr 2026
Minerals for aid: Are new US health deals ‘exploiting’ African countries?
Zimbabwe and Zambia have pushed back against ‘lopsided’ agreements after US asks for health data and minerals.
US’s new scramble for Africa is biomedical imperialism
From Zimbabwe to Zambia, US health deals are raising fears of a new era of biomedical extractivism.
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The TAZARA turns 50: Riding the railway that bridges Tanzania and Zambia
Businesspeople, students, tourists among those sharing space on the 1,860km TAZARA railway built by China in the 1970s.
What is Israel’s endgame in Africa?
The Israeli government appears to be on a charm offensive, dangling aid and arms. Experts say it might be working.
Zambia ex-president must be sent home for burial, South African court rules
After months of dispute, Pretoria high court says Edgar Lungu’s family must hand over his body for burial in Zambia.
Tourists from Malawi and Zambia are first to face $15,000 visa bonds in US
Critics have denounced the bond scheme as a ‘legalised shakedown’ that profits from vulnerable, lawful travellers.
Zambia government’s neglect exposing more children to lead poison, HRW says
Report says more than 95 percent of children in the central town of Kabwe had elevated levels of lead in their blood.
