The African sun beats down on the fields of Kafue - a town in Zambia's Lusaka Province - where Grace Nyirongo Phiri walks between rows of lush, green crops that are just sprouting. A gentle hum is the ...

Southern Africa’s most influential energy and investment leaders will gather at the Zimbabwe–Zambia Energy Projects Summit (ZimZam) on 26–28 November 2025, in Livingstone, Zambia LIVINGSTONE, ZAMBIA – ...

From toxic waste spills to unsafe mining Mercy Mulenga shines a light on the hidden harmful practices of extractive industries Mercy Mulenga is an investigative journalist from Kitwe, Zambia, working ...

ZimZam 2025 (26–28 November) will gather governments, investors, and developers to accelerate Southern Africa's energy future. With Copperbelt Energy Corporation (CEC) as Country Host, the summit will ...

The Zambian government refuted an independent estimate of how much toxic acid spilled from a Chinese state-owned copper mine in the southern African nation in February, and said a cleanup had begun.

Zambia plans to triple copper output by 2031, driving demand for skilled workers. TVET and universities face challenges in meeting mining sector’s skills needs. Urgent reforms in training and ...

A new Bloomberg report on the Kitwe dam disaster in Zambia suggests that its impact is 30 times worse than first estimated, meaning that the equivalent of 400 Olympic-sized swimming pools of toxic ...

The Zambian government has dismissed claims of dangerous pollution in the Copperbelt mining region, following safety concerns raised by the US embassy. On Wednesday, the US embassy issued a health ...

Zambia's notorious "black mountains" - huge heaps of mining waste that scar the Copperbelt skyline - are deeply personal to Stary Mwaba, one of the country's leading visual artists. "As kids, we used ...

LUSAKA, July 21 (Reuters) - Zambia's government has signed an agreement that paves the way for the development of a $1.1 billion crude oil refinery and energy complex in Ndola in the country's ...