A nationwide power blackout on Friday forced copper mines in Zambia, Africa’s top producer of the metal, to halt output, but the country’s energy minister said electricity supply could resume later in the day. A fault at a hydro power station triggered the first national blackout to engulf the southern African nation since June 2009, [...]

The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria says it will resume its assistance to Zambia in the next one or two months. The Global Fund froze nearly $140 million in grant money to Zambia last August because of strong evidence of corruption in the country’s health ministry. The Global Fund says grants for [...]

Police last night officially arrested and charged former Health Deputy Minister Solomon Musonda with causing grievous harm with intent to maim,disfigure or disable contrary to section 224(a) of the Penal Code. Dr Musonda who reported at Woodlands Police Station in the company of his lawyer yesterday around 18:15 hours for questioning in connection with the [...]

The Electoral Commission of Zambia (ECZ) has set August 5 as the date for parliamentary by-elections for Luena and Chifubu constituencies and local government elections in six wards in various districts, ECZ public relations manager Cris Akufuna has said. The by-elections in Luena Constituency in Western Province and Chifubu Constituency on the Copperbelt Province respectively [...]