Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema has said that Gay and Lesbian practices cannot be condoned because the country is a Christian nation. President Hichilema said the country can only “realign sound democratic values with other countries”, local media reports. Last month, the president
Zambia’s new President Hakainde Hichilema expressed hope on Thursday that talks with the IMF and World Bank this month had restored the country’s credibility with borrowers, as it seeks to renegotiate billions of dollars of unsustainable debt. Addressing journalists in the capital Lusaka, Hichilema said the southern African country would seek to slash spending, especially
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Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has denied holding talks on gay rights during his trip to the United Nations general assembly in New York. Same-sex relationships are outlawed in Zambia, where British colonial-era laws on homosexuality still apply. President Hichilema made the remarks on Thursday during a televised press briefing in the capital, Lusaka, after he
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LUSAKA — The state-appointed provisional liquidator of Konkola Copper Mines (KCM), Milingo Lungu, has been arrested and charged with laundering more than $2 million, Zambia’s money-laundering authority said on Wednesday. “The money is said to have come into his possession by virtue of being the Provisional Liquidator for Konkola Copper Mines Plc,” the Drug Enforcement
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The amount of money that Zambia owes Chinese lenders is nearly double what the Zambian government had previously admitted. Zambia spends at least 30% of its income on interest payments, according to credit ratings firm S&P Global. Last year, it missed an interest repayment, making it the first African country to default on a loan
Read More →United States Vice President Kamala Harris met at the White House complex Wednesday with Zambia’s newly elected president, longtime opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema. Harris welcomed Hichilema to the vice president’s ceremonial office, saying he is the first Zambian leader to visit the White House since 1992. Harris praised Hichilema for his historic victory in August,
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The UK government has frozen direct financial aid to the Zambian government after concerns about widespread corruption. Britain’s High Commissioner to Lusaka Fergus Cochrane-Dyet confirmed the suspension of funding in a tweet posted late on Monday. “Correct that UK frozen all bilateral funding to Zambian government in light of potential concerns until audit results known,”
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USAKA (Reuters) – At least eight people were killed and 28 others injured in a stampede in Zambia’s capital Lusaka on Monday as thousands of poor people struggled to claim food handouts, police said. Police have opened an inquiry into the deadly crush that followed 35,000 people trying to enter a sports complex where the
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