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Lusaka - Zambia: Police in Lundazi have picked up a Malawian national suspected to have murdered his three year old step daughter.

LUSAKA – “Cheswa, don’t be scared of witchcraft. There is no witchcraft.” President Hakainde Hichilema is heard making the remark in a slightly longer video circulating online showing him in a hotel in the United Arab Emirates, where he is seen walking into an elevator with Cheswa Kaunda, daughter of Zambia’s First President Kenneth Kaunda. […]

ZAMBIA and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed memoranda of understanding across various sectors worth US$2.14 billion. And President Hakainde Hichilema says Zambia looks forward to signing the Comprehensive Partnership Agreement with the UAE to increase trade between the two countries. Witnessing the signing during the Zambia-UAE Business Forum in Abu Dhabi, President Hichilema […]

UNITED Capital Fertilizer Zambia Company Limited has disclosed that the firm has plans of expanding its existing fertilizer manufacturing facility. Oroma Resources Limited, on behalf of United Capital Fertilizer Zambia Company Limited, Company Consultant, Maxwell Nkoya, says the proposed expansion has been estimated at 1.5 billion United States dollars and would significantly increase the company’s […]

THE Water Management Authority (WARMA) is developing water harvesting and storage regulation guidelines which will ensure dams are well maintained and safe. Speaking at a stakeholders’ validation of the National Dam Safety guidelines in Lusaka, WARMA Director General, Misozi Ngulube, said the final framework should take into account climate variations, emergency plans and evacuation in […]

CELESTINE MUKANDILA GRANTED K20,000 BAIL Tonse Pamodzi Alliance Secretary General and lawyer Celestine Mukandila has been granted K20,000 cash bail by the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court in a case he is facing four counts of forgery and uttering false documents. Mukandila pleaded not guilty to all four counts involving documents relating to the alleged surrender of […]

Lusaka - Zambia: Catholic and Protestant Churches Close Ranks on Rule of Law, Demand Dialogue and End to Arbitrary Arrests

Indo Zambia Bank says its agriculture financing portfolio has grown to about K3.3 billion as it scales up support for farmers under the Government's Grow Zambia Agenda. The bank has disbursed nearly K400 million to more than 3,600 farmers under its Sustainable Agriculture Financing Facility, Board Chairman Dr. Michael Gondwe said during a courtesy call

INDO Zambia Bank has pledged to expand private-sector financing across agriculture, energy, mining, tourism, manufacturing and infrastructure to support the Government's Grow Zambia Agenda. Board Chairman Dr. Michael Gondwe said this afternoon during a courtesy call on Finance and National Planning Minister Dr. Situmbeko Musokotwane that improved macroeconomic stability and the business environment had strengthened

CCZ CALLS FOR INDEPENDENT PROBE INTO MUTOTWE KAFWAYA’S DEATH, RAISES CONCERN OVER RULE OF LAW By Diamond online The Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) has called for a thorough, independent, impartial and transparent investigation into the death of former Minister Mutotwe Kafwaya, who died in August 2026 during a State security operation, amid growing […]