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IMF chief to visit Rwanda during visit to Africa -sources

International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva will visit Rwanda later this month after traveling to Zambia, three sources familiar with the plans said on Friday.

Reuters

Croats charged with child trafficking in Zambia granted bail

A Zambian court has granted bail to eight Croatian nationals charged with child trafficking

The Independent UK

Former international footballer mauled to death by three pet dogs in garden

Former Zambia international Philemon Mulala died earlier this month having been attacked by his own pet dogs with tributes paid to the 60-year-old following the tragic news

Daily Mirror

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8 Croats in court in Zambia on child trafficking charge

Eight Croatian nationals have pleaded not guilty to charges of child trafficking before a magistrates court in Ndola, Zambia

The Independent UK

IMF says corruption has inflated costs of high-profile projects in Zambia

The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday that corruption had inflated the cost of numerous high-profile tenders and construction projects in Zambia.

Reuters

Zambia has killed the death penalty, but other rights remain on death row

President Hakainde Hichilema has received praise in the west for his reforms but repressive laws remain on the statutes despite promises to repeal them

The Guardian - UK

Climate change action could set off a copper mining boom: how Zambia can make the most of it

At last year’s US Africa leaders summit in Washington the US signed an historic memorandum of understanding with Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo to develop an electric vehicle battery supply chain.

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Zambian Ayr United fan sees fellow supporters dig deep to bring him to Scotland

Charles Chibaala is hoping to make an August trip to watch his beloved Honest Men in the flesh.

Daily Record

Zambia’s Budding Democracy Earns Praise From Biden Administration

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Zambia abolishes death penalty

Lusaka (AFP) - Zambian rights activists Saturday hailed as a "huge milestone" a decision to scrap two British colonial-era laws: the death penalty and making criticism of the country's leader a punishable offence.

AFP

Former Chelsea boss Grant named as Zambia's new coach

Lusaka (AFP) - Former Chelsea manager Avram Grant was on Thursday named as the new coach of Zambia and ordered to take the country back to "the elite of the African game".

AFP

Ethiopia to investigate after 27 bodies discovered in Zambia

UN migration agency ‘shocked and alarmed’ by the incident along the southern migration route from the Horn of Africa.

Al Jazeera

Record low Kariba dam levels see Zimbabwe, Zambia facing drastic power cuts

Zimbabwe and Zambia both rely on lake Kariba – the world’s biggest dam – for the bulk of their hydro-electric supply. The record-low water level at present means electricity supplies in both countries will be heavily rationed.

Radio France Internationale

Ethiopia to investigate deaths of 27 migrants in Zambia - state news agency

Ethiopia's government will investigate the reported deaths of 27 of its citizens found in a farming area on the outskirts of Zambia's capital Lusaka, Ethiopia's state news agency said on Monday.

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Twenty-seven men believed to be Ethiopian migrants found dead along road in Zambia

Zambian police on Sunday found the bodies of 27 men, believed to be migrants from Ethiopia, dumped in a farming area on the outskirts of the capital after they died from suspected hunger and exhaustion, authorities said.

Reuters

IMF chief Georgieva cites 'fruitful exchange' with China on debt issues

International Monetary Fund chief Kristlina Georgieva said she had a "fruitful exchange" with her Chinese counterparts this week on her repeated calls for accelerating debt treatments for countries like Zambia and Sri Lanka.

Daily Mirror

Dentist facing death penalty for murdering wife on safari admits 'I'm a dead man'

Lawrence Rudolph, 67, from Pennsylvania, US shot dead his wife Bianca in Zambia in 2016, to try and claim her $4.8 million life insurance in order to build a new life with his mistress Lori Milliron

Al Jazeera

Zambian killed in Ukraine was prisoner Russia pardoned: Official

Foreign Affairs Minister Kakubo said Russia told him Lemekhani Nyirenda joined war in Ukraine in exchange for amnesty.

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Russia pardoned Zambian prisoner to fight in Ukraine -Zambia foreign minister

Russia has told Zambia it pardoned a Zambian prisoner to go and fight in Ukraine, where he was killed, the southern African country's Foreign Affairs Minister Stanley Kakubo said on Friday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Zambia Waives Visa Requirements for Saudis

Saudi Arabia praised on Monday Zambia for waiving visa requirements to Saudi citizens. The Foreign Ministry said the move underscores the depth of the relations between the Kingdom and Zambia. It embodies the joint work aimed at achieving the aspirations of the two countries’ leaderships for more progress and prosperity.

Radio France Internationale

Africa's harissa, raï and Kalela win Unesco heritage status

Spicy harissa paste from Tunisia, Morocco's raï music and Kalela dance from Zambia were selected on Thursday to join Unesco's intangible cultural heritage list.

The Independent UK

US, allies announce plans for second democracy summit

The Biden administration has announced plans for a second Summit for Democracy next year, this time to be co-hosted by the governments of Costa Rica, the Netherlands, South Korea and Zambia

Reuters

U.S., Costa Rica, Netherlands, S.Korea, Zambia to co-host 2023 'Summit for Democracy'

The United States, Costa Rica, Netherlands, South Korea and Zambia will co-host a second "Summit for Democracy" next year, the countries said on Tuesday in a joint statement issued through the White House.

Reuters

Russia's Prigozhin says Zambian student who died in Ukraine was fighting with Wagner

Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, on Tuesday said a Zambian student who died in Ukraine had been fighting for his Wagner Private Military Group.

Daily Record

Fashion Sakala adds to Rangers injury troubles as he withdraws from Zambia squad

The Light Blues forward will miss Thursday's friendly with Israel.

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