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ZAMBIA POSITIONED AS FUTURE CONNECTIVITY HUB, SAYS MILUPI
Zambian Observer
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June 26, 2025
ZAMBIA POSITIONED AS FUTURE CONNECTIVITY HUB, SAYS MILUPI Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development Minister Charles Milupi says Zambia has the potential to be a hub for regional inter-connectivity. Mr. Milupi was speaking at a closed-door...
British tourist among two killed by elephant at Zambian national park
The Independent
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July 3, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
KEY SOLUTIONS TO OUR ECONOMIC CHALLENGES- Fred M’membe
Zambian Observer
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July 3, 2025
KEY SOLUTIONS TO OUR ECONOMIC CHALLENGES The key immediate positive economic measure that Mr Hakainde Hichilema and his UPND government should take to address our economic challenges is revising the generous mining tax waivers given to...
Unequal OSH standards: what global research tells us
IOSH
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July 3, 2025
In March last year, IOSH launched a research project to investigate OSH inequality around the world, looking at the scope, reach and effectiveness of OSH services in different countries. It is part-funded by IOSH, the first research project the...
Fourth International Conference On Financing For Development Delivers Renewed Hope & Action For Sustainable Development
Scoop
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The Sevilla Commitment and Platform for Action advance concrete strategic steps to fulfill the promise of the Sustainable Development Goals and chart a path for a fairer shared future, reaffirming the role of global cooperation Sevilla, Spain, 3...
African bishop slams ‘outdated, biased’ global finance system
Crux Now
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July 3, 2025
YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – Nigerian Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah of Sokoto says the global financial system is outdated and failing people,” particularly in Africa. The bishop’s comments to Crux came in the wake of the Jubilee Report published recently by...
UN development conference backs innovative ways to boost climate finance
Climate Home News
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July 3, 2025
As climate change impacts worsen and aid budgets fall, leaders gathered in Spain for a UN conference on funding sustainable development this week threw their weight behind innovative tools such as taxes on extreme wealth, levies on polluting...
Global drought hotspots report catalogs severe suffering, economic damage in 2023-2025
Muser Press
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July 3, 2025
Food, water, energy crises, human tragedies in 2023-2025 detailed in sweeping analysis Fuelled by climate change and relentless pressure on land and water resources, some of the most widespread and damaging drought events in recorded history have...
First Capital Bank commits to growth
The Times Group Malawi
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July 3, 2025
Mzuzu University (Mzuni) has announced that it is developing a $20 million 20 megawatts solar power plant to be using for generating electricity in the Northern Region. First Capital Bank (FCB) founder Hitesh Anadkat has reaffirmed the bank’s...
Zambian Regime Files Urgent Court Bid To Stop Lungu Burial In South Africa
The Zimbabwe Mail
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June 25, 2025
Zambian President Edgar Chagwa Lungu sits in the Presidential Palace in Lusaka, Zambia, 20 November 2015. Photo: Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa The Zambian government has filed an urgent application in the Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, South Africa,...
ZIMBABWE DENIES ISSUING DIPLOMATIC PASSPORT TO LATE ZAMBIAN PRESIDENT EDGAR LUNGU
The Zimbabwe Newslive
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July 3, 2025
HARARE – Zimbabwe’s Permanent Secretary for Information, Nick Mangwana, has dismissed as false and malicious widespread social media claims that the late former Zambian president Edgar Chagwa Lungu was a holder of a Zimbabwean diplomatic passport....
Slow Down and Savor: Why Africa’s Most Elegant Train Journey Should Be Your Next Adventure
Go World Travel Magazine - Colorado
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July 18, 2025
Lounge and observation car on Rovos Rail. Photo courtesy of Rovos Rail I love to travel and for me, the greatest journeys are by train. Rail journeys are wonderful and all are in some way exceptional – the cross-section of life they carry, the...
HH HAS DUTY TO SAFEGUARD INTERESTS OF ZAMBIANS
Zambian Observer
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July 3, 2025
HH HAS DUTY TO SAFEGUARD INTERESTS OF ZAMBIANS PRESIDENT Hichilema has every right to ensure that president Edgar Lungu is buried in Zambia. Those insinuating and suggesting that the President should allow the former president to be buried in...
The Battle Over Edgar Chagwa Lungu’s Burial: How the UPND’s Attempt to Control Farewell Rites Exposes Zambia’s Deep Political and Judicial Crisis- Thandiwe Ketis Ngoma
Zambian Observer
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July 3, 2025
The Battle Over Edgar Chagwa Lungu’s Burial: How the UPND’s Attempt to Control Farewell Rites Exposes Zambia’s Deep Political and Judicial Crisis By Thandiwe Ketis Ngoma It comes as no surprise that Chief Government Spokesperson Cornelius Mweetwa...
Zambia runs on mostly green power, but households use polluting cooking fuel: study suggests how to fix this
The Conversation
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June 25, 2025
Zambia, like many African countries, is facing a crisis over clean cooking fuel. Over 80% of the population still relies on polluting fuels like charcoal and firewood. This exposes families to toxic indoor air, deepens poverty and gender...
Zambia is set to track satellites and cosmic events with its new space tech
Business Insider Africa
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June 25, 2025
The latest episode in this series features the installation of the Transient Array Radio Telescope (TART) at Copperbelt University in Kitwe, Zambia. As reported by SpaceinAfrica, this cutting-edge 24-element device is intended for real-time,...
Summit aligning with Zambia national energy goals
ESI Africa
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July 3, 2025
The C&I Energy+Storage Summit Zambia 2025 has been official endorsed by the country’s Ministry of Energy. The Summit has received a formal letter of support [see below] from the government affirming its alignment with Zambia’s national energy...
UNCTAD rates Zambia as one of Africa’s leading reform-driven economies
News Diggers
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July 3, 2025
THE World Investment Report, which analyses macroeconomic trends and policy reforms worldwide has placed Zambia among countries that are “implementing significant structural reforms with the backing of multilateral development partners.” The...
Why Is Zambia Borrowing? asks Binwell Mpundu
Daily Nation
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July 3, 2025
NATION REPORTER NKANA Member of Parliament Binwell Mpundu has questioned the rationale behind the government’s decision to borrow K14.8 billion to finance a supplementary budget, despite Zambia’s wealth of natural resources. “It is unacceptable...
Debt’s climate link: Why climate finance to developing countries must not be loans
Down to Earth
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To understand the overlap of debt and climate vulnerability, we examined the countries most at risk from climate impacts and most burdened by debt. Over half of the low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) with high climate vulnerability are either...