The Zambia Council of Catholic Bishops has termed the summoning of its Lusaka Cosmopolitan Archbishop Alick Banda by the Drug Enforcement Commission as an attack on the church's mission and leadership.
At the request of the International Conference (ICC) on the Great Lakes Region, Zambia has agreed to host an urgent regional ministerial meeting to discuss the security situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Zambia has started accepting China's yuan for mining taxes, becoming the first African nation to do so.
The Bank of Zambia is aligning its reserve management with the significant role of China as a major copper trade and debt partner.
Despite enduring an economically challenging year, crowds poured into the central business districts of Botswana's major cities and towns to buy fireworks.
The City of Lusaka, Zambia's capital, has run out of burial space and is now seeking private landowners to partner with or sell their land.
Lusaka City Council (LCC) Public Relations Manager Chola Mwamba disclosed that there have been 17,717 deaths in the city since January this year.
For citizens of Botswana, 2025 was a year of economic struggle and a fragile hope.
With significant downturns quarter after quarter and a collapsing currency, Botswana experienced the worst economic challenges.
Military engineers from the Zambia Defence Force (ZDF) have reopened the Great East Road, paving the way for passage to eastern Zambia, Malawi and northern Mozambique.
The only access road to the Eastern province of Zambia, Mozambique, and Malawi has been washed away, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded on either side.
The Great East Road is a major road in Zambia and the main route linking its Eastern Province with the rest of the country.
Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema signed into law the much-talked-about Constitutional Amendment Bill (7) 2025.
Interested parties expressed mixed feelings.
This means 13 clauses that were contained in the bill are now part of the Constitution.
Congolese in Uvira came out onto the streets on Saturday, opening businesses and cleaning up streets and infrastructure after the M23 group advanced into the strategic city in DRC's South Kivu.
