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.

Zambia's Department of Immigration apprehended 25 suspected illegal immigrants in two separate operations last week.

On Friday 14 Ethiopian nationals were apprehended in a suspected smuggling case at a village, while one individual remains unaccounted for.

Zambia has launched the Integrated Migration Management Information System and the five-year National Migration Data Strategy, aimed at curbing illegal immigration.

The launch is considered a transformative milestone in modernising Zambia's migration governance.

Cholera has resurfaced in Zambia, with at least four new cases recorded in the past week.

The Zambia National Public Health Institute managed to contain the first three cases within two days and is now attending to only one patient.

In Zambia, a controversial constitutional amendment Bill, number 7 of 2025, passed both the 2nd and 3rd readings with almost 100% votes.

When the Bill came up for the 2nd reading on Monday, 131 members voted in favour, while only two voted against it.

A total of 34 people, including nine juveniles, have appeared before the Chingola Magistrate’s Court in Zambia on charges of alleged riotous behaviour and damage to property after reportedly attempting to stone President Hakainde Hichilema last month.

A full bench of the Constitutional Court in Zambia has dismissed a renewed application seeking conservatory relief following the declaration of Edgar Lungu's daughter Tasila's Chawama parliamentary seat as vacant.

In Zimbabwe the government has suspended duty on fertiliser imports for 12 months to facilitate affordable pricing and boost agriculture production.