Zambia, Africa

Zambia's tax revenues will be hit badly in 2009 unless copper prices rebound, the country's revenue authority (ZAR) was quoted as saying on...

LUSAKA Wednesday, December 03, 2008 (IRIN) - Zambians are gradually turning to greener energy technologies to save trees after suffering years of...

LUSAKA Tuesday, November 25, 2008 (IRIN) - Traditional healers are often the first line of care in Zambia, helping to fill the gaps in a public...

KAOMA Wednesday, October 01, 2008 (IRIN) - Deforestation has affected the water cycle in one of Zambia's largest charcoal-producing regions, forcing...

JOHANNESBURG Friday, October 24, 2008 (IRIN) - The Zambian government signed a US$75 million financing agreement with the World Bank this week to...

LUSAKA Tuesday, October 28, 2008 (IRIN) - Widespread allegations of pre-poll irregularities has cranked up tensions in Zambia ahead of presidential...

LUSAKA Wednesday, October 29, 2008 (IRIN) - The Zambian government has closed its border to any refugees arriving from the Democratic Republic of...

LUSAKA Monday, November 03, 2008 (IRIN) - Zambia cemented its democratic credentials on 30 October in an election that observers judged free and...

LUSAKA Thursday, November 06, 2008 (IRIN) - A funding shortfall is jeopardising food supplies to about 3,000 of the most vulnerable refugees living...

LUSAKA Monday, November 10, 2008 (IRIN) - Lower copper prices will hurt the poorLUSAKA, 10 November 2008 – The fall in international copper prices is...