LUSAKA( Reuters)-Zambians voted for a new leader on Thursday with long queues pointing to a high

LUSAKA( Reuters)-Zambian President Edgar Lungu, trailing after early results, said on Saturday the

LUSAKA( Reuters)-Zambia's newly-elected President Hakainde Hichilema named experienced economist Situmbeko Musokotwane as his new finance minister on Friday, as the southern African country grapples with an unsustainable$ 12 billion in external debt.At his swearing in on Tuesday, after a surprise landslide election win against incumbent Edgar Lungu, Hichilema vowed to bring public spending and the deficit under control. Musokotwane, who was previously finance minister between 2008 and 2011, face

LUSAKA, Nov.... 28( Xinhua)--The World Wide Fund for Nature( WWF) has partnered with Zambian

By Chris Mfula3 Min ReadLUSAKA( Reuters)-Zambian President Edgar Lungu faces a third election

" I will comply with the constitutional provisions for a peaceful transition of power.... Zambia became Africa's first pandemic-era sovereign default in November after failing to keep up with its international debt payments. The default was driven by depressed commodity prices-which had pushed Zambia into recession well before the pandemic-worsened by the pandemic itself.... Zambia's sovereign dollar bonds jumped nearly 2 cents on Monday after the news of Hichilema's win....

Zambians are voting in a tense election that the president and his main rival have said is a test

By Reuters Staff1 Min ReadFILE PHOTO: Hakainde Hichilema, leader of Zambia？... s opposition United Party for National Development( UPND), addresses a media conference in Cape Town, South Africa, August 31, 2017.... REUTERS/ Mike Hutchings/ File Photo LUSAKA( Reuters)-Opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has defeated incumbent Edgar Lungu in Zambia’s presidential election, the electoral commission said on Monday when releasing the final results from 156 constituencies, barring one.In the final

SINGAPORE-President Halimah Yacob has written to President Edgar Lungu and the people of Zambia to express her condolences following the death of the country's former president Kenneth Kaunda.Dr Kaunda, independent Zambia's first president, died on June 17 at the age of 97.In her letter dated Thursday( June 24), Madam Halimah said:" Dr Kaunda was a remarkable statesman who will be remembered for his role as a champion for African independence.... He steered the development of a modern Commonwea

LUSAKA( Reuters)-Opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema has defeated incumbent Edgar Lungu in Zambia's presidential election, the electoral commission said on Monday when releasing the final results from 156 constituencies, barring one.In the final tally, Hichilema secured 2, 810, 777 votes while Lungu was in second place with 1, 814, 201 votes, out of 7 million registered voters." I therefore declare that the said Hichilema to be president of Zambia," said electoral commission chairman, Esau Chul