Why is Zambia’s president issuing a warning to non-existent coup plotters?
By Sishuwa Sishuwa* On 4 September 2023, Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema denounced alleged coup plotters who he claimed were planning to ...
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AU plans to launch its own credit ratings agency
The African Union plans to launch a new African credit rating agency next year to address the group's concerns that ...
Zambia, bondholders advance $3 billion debt-restructuring talks, sources say
Zambia's overseas bondholders have entered into non-disclosure agreements (NDA) with the government as of Wednesday, according to three sources, a ...
Africa Freedom Day: Zambia ‘makes big decision’ to abolish death penalty
Zambia is making moves to abolish the death penalty, President Hakainde Hichilema has announced. He termed it a "big decision" ...
Burkina search teams hope to reach eight workers trapped in flooded mine
Rescue teams pumping water from a flooded Burkina Faso zinc mine in which eight workers have been trapped for almost ...
First Quantum Minerals approves $1.25 billion mine expansion in Zambia
First Quantum Minerals said on Sunday that its board has approved plans for a $1.25 billion expansion of the company’s ...
How multinationals avoid taxes in Africa and what should change
By Jia Liu*, & Olatunde Julius Otusanya* In developing countries, and the sub-Saharan region especially, the scale of unmet basic ...
Zambia: Corruption crackdown nets ex-ministers
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema came to power last year promising to eradicate corruption, and he is fighting an all-out battle ...
Zambia arrests leader of main opposition party for alleged corruption
Zambia's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested the leader of the nation's main opposition party for corruption involving more than $500,000, ...
Zambia: Provisional liquidator Konkola Copper Mines resigns
The provisional liquidator of Zambia's Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), a company over which Vedanta Resources and the government have been ...