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Low copper prices to hit Zambia's income

http://af.reuters.com/article/zambiaNews/idAFLV69139220081231
Friday, January 2, 2009
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...

ZAMBIA: A slow start to saving the trees

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81797
Saturday, December 6, 2008
LUSAKA Wednesday, December 03, 2008 (IRIN) - Zambians are gradually turning to greener energy technologies to save trees after suffering years of...

ZAMBIA: Dr Muzinga, "Many people are demon possessed"

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81661
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
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...

ZAMBIA: Coping with less and less water

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=80700
Saturday, November 22, 2008
KAOMA Wednesday, October 01, 2008 (IRIN) - Deforestation has affected the water cycle in one of Zambia's largest charcoal-producing regions, forcing...

ZAMBIA: Powering up, at last

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81115
Saturday, November 22, 2008
JOHANNESBURG Friday, October 24, 2008 (IRIN) - The Zambian government signed a US$75 million financing agreement with the World Bank this week to...

ZAMBIA: Hoping for a free and fair election

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81158
Saturday, November 22, 2008
LUSAKA Tuesday, October 28, 2008 (IRIN) - Widespread allegations of pre-poll irregularities has cranked up tensions in Zambia ahead of presidential...

ZAMBIA: Border closed to DRC refugees

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81186
Saturday, November 22, 2008
LUSAKA Wednesday, October 29, 2008 (IRIN) - The Zambian government has closed its border to any refugees arriving from the Democratic Republic of...

ZAMBIA: A successful democratic election

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81272
Saturday, November 22, 2008
LUSAKA Monday, November 03, 2008 (IRIN) - Zambia cemented its democratic credentials on 30 October in an election that observers judged free and...

ZAMBIA: Refugees facing food shortages

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81333
Saturday, November 22, 2008
LUSAKA Thursday, November 06, 2008 (IRIN) - A funding shortfall is jeopardising food supplies to about 3,000 of the most vulnerable refugees living...

ZAMBIA: Lower copper prices will hurt the poor

http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81367
Saturday, November 22, 2008
LUSAKA Monday, November 10, 2008 (IRIN) - Lower copper prices will hurt the poorLUSAKA, 10 November 2008 – The fall in international copper prices is...