The United Nations General Assembly in New York has elected Zambia to serve on the 47-member Human Rights Council for the 2027 to 2029 term.
Zambia secured 177 votes out of 181 valid ballots cast, the highest number of votes among the 15 countries elected this year.
Zambia's cholera cases have risen to 966, with 25 deaths recorded since the outbreak was recently declared.
The Africa Center for Disease Control is partnering with the Zambian government in mitigating the epidemic.
The United States and Zambia have signed a health cooperation agreement worth about N$40 billion in Lusaka on Thursday.
The signing ended nearly a year of contentious negotiations over patient data and mineral rights that had threatened to derail the partnership.
Fuel prices across Southern Africa have surged to record highs this month, driven by a combination of escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, weaker regional currencies and the phasing out of government tax-relief measures.
Fifteen people have so far died following a new cholera outbreak in Zambia.
Zambia declared a new cholera outbreak on the 30th of last month, following a previous outbreak that ended in July.
Zambia has enacted a new law giving the government statutory authority to determine where former presidents and vice presidents are buried.
The law comes after the highly publicised dispute over the burial of former President Edgar Lungu, whose family wanted him buried in South Africa.
The Zambian Government has rejected the European Parliament's recent resolution on Zambia's post-election, describing it as premature and saying that it was adopted without sufficient engagement with the Zambian authorities.
The Namibian-produced documentary Omusati Echoes has premiered in Zambia's capital, Lusaka.
A large audience, mainly young people, filled the Ster-Kinekor auditorium at Manda Hill, one of Lusaka's major shopping centres, for the screening.
Lieutenant General Peter Dingiswayo Zuze has died at the age of 84, following an illness on Monday.
For many Namibians, particularly the younger generation, his name may not be immediately familiar, but he played a significant role in the military history of Namibia and Zambia.
A Namibian documentary, Echoes of Omusati, will this Friday premiere in Lusaka, Zambia.
The documentary explores identity, exile and a 37-year reunion. It will be screened exclusively at the Ster-Kinekor cinema at Manda Hill Mall in Lusaka.
