Africa: Over Six Million People Face Hunger, Malnutrition and Water Scarcity...
Oxfam warns that over six million people from farming families in Zambia are facing acute food shortages and malnutrition until next growing season, which...
Zambia Steps Up Cervical Cancer Screening with HPV Testing
Zambia has the third highest burden of cervical cancer in the world, with an incidence rate of 65.5 per 100 000 women and a...
Zambia – MSF Responds to a Surge in Cholera Amid Regional...
With the resurgence of cholera cases since mid-December 2023 in the capital and several provinces of Zambia, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is involved in...
Zambia: Prolonged Droughts – Need for Water Harvesting
The current devastating drought has put crop production in the southern half of Zambia in limbo which calls for radical policy measures to increase...
Zambia: Kabwe’s Stolen Breath – Legacy of Lead and the Fight...
Kabwe, Zambia, once a bustling mining town, now bears the heavy weight of a toxic legacy.
Decades of lead mining by Anglo-Americans left the community...
Zambia: Cholera Still Poses Risks in Zambia Despite Decrease in Cases
A deadly cholera outbreak in Zambia continues to endanger lives despite a reduction in confirmed cases. The government and public health authorities need to...
Zambia: Chisokone Green Market Upgrading Good for Traders
THREE weeks ago, this platform looked at the impasse between traders at Kitwe's Chisokone Market and the local authority.
It observed the need to engage...
Zambia: Why Grants for Women-Run Businesses in Zambia Never Reach Them
Lusaka — The rural business owners, who often are illiterate, struggle with a national grant program's complex application process -- making them prime targets...
Zambia: Africa CDC Deploys 500 Community-Based Volunteers to Support Cholera Response...
Lusaka — Africa CDC, in partnership with the Ministry of Health Zambia, announces the deployment of 500 community-based volunteers (CBVs) across Matero and Kanyama...
Tanzania: Zambia, TZ Reaffirm to Facilitate Cargo Transportation
DAR ES SALAAM: TANZANIA and Zambia have expressed commitment to jointly fast-track setting up of a centre within the Kwala Dry Port, in Coast...