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9 men have died after a pile of gravel collapsed on them in a quarry in Zambia, police say
4 months, 2 weeks ago

9 men have died after a pile of gravel collapsed on them in a quarry in Zambia, police say

Associated Press  

LUSAKA, Zambia — Nine men died when a large pile of gravel collapsed on them while they were working in a quarry in Zambia, police said Monday. The men were operating illegally in the quarry and were loading gravel onto a truck, police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga said. Chongwe District Commissioner Evans Lupiya said the men and the truck were buried …

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Matildas pull off mother of all comebacks as Australia overturn three-goal deficit to beat underdogs Zambia in do-or-die Olympic Games clash
5 months, 1 week ago

Matildas pull off mother of all comebacks as Australia overturn three-goal deficit to beat underdogs Zambia in do-or-die Olympic Games clash

Daily Mail  

Michelle Heyman has proved the never-say-die Matildas' late, late hero, scoring a 90th-minute winner as they battled to an amazing 6-5 victory over Zambia in one of the most extraordinary Olympic soccer matches ever played. Trailing 5-3 with just 25 minutes left in Nice on Sunday, Tony Gustavsson's side delivered an astonishing comeback to earn the crazy victory that's taken …

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Southern Africa to expand special tourist visa for easier travel across 5 countries
7 months, 1 week ago

Southern Africa to expand special tourist visa for easier travel across 5 countries

Hindustan Times  

Five Southern African countries on Friday committed to expanding the use of a special common visa to allow easier movement of tourists as the region seeks to boost arrivals. Southern Africa to expand special tourist visa for easier travel across 5 countries Officials from Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe, countries that make up the Kavango-Zambezi Transfrontier Conservation Area, pledged …

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What’s fuelling the deadly cholera outbreak in Southern Africa?
10 months, 3 weeks ago

What’s fuelling the deadly cholera outbreak in Southern Africa?

Al Jazeera  

A severe cholera outbreak is currently ravaging communities in Southern Africa, spreading across borders in what experts say is the worst such crisis involving the illness that the region has seen in a decade. Since January 2022, at least 188,000 people have been infected with cholera across seven countries in Southern Africa: Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, South Africa and …

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Anti-corruption authorities to investigate Zambia's foreign minister over cash-counting video
1 year ago

Anti-corruption authorities to investigate Zambia's foreign minister over cash-counting video

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Anti-corruption authorities in Zambia said …

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Some Catholic bishops reject pope’s stance on blessings for same-sex couples. Others are confused
1 year ago

Some Catholic bishops reject pope’s stance on blessings for same-sex couples. Others are confused

LA Times  

A rosary is seen around the neck of a woman wearing a T-shirt with a picture of Pope Francis, as she awaits his arrival at the St. Theresa Cathedral in Juba, South Sudan, in February. The announcement Monday by the Vatican office reversed its 2021 statement that had ruled out blessings for same-sex couples because God “cannot bless sin.” The …

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Some Catholic bishops reject Pope’s stance on blessings for same-sex couples. Others are confused
1 year ago

Some Catholic bishops reject Pope’s stance on blessings for same-sex couples. Others are confused

Associated Press  

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — In an extraordinary pushback against Pope Francis, some Catholic bishops in Africa, Poland and elsewhere say they will not implement the new Vatican policy allowing blessings for same-sex couples. The announcement Monday by the Vatican office reversed its 2021 statement that had ruled out blessings for same-sex couples because God “cannot bless sin.” The U.S. …

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Some Catholic bishops reject Pope's stance on blessings for same-sex couples. Others are confused
1 year ago

Some Catholic bishops reject Pope's stance on blessings for same-sex couples. Others are confused

The Independent  

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More than 30 people are trapped under rubble after collapse at a mine in Zambia, minister says
1 year, 1 month ago

More than 30 people are trapped under rubble after collapse at a mine in Zambia, minister says

Associated Press  

LUSAKA, Zambia — More than 30 people are trapped under rubble at an open-pit mine in Zambia after part of a waste pile was thought to have collapsed on them, a government minister said on Friday. Home Affairs and Internal Security Minister Jack Mwiimbu said in Parliament that the collapse happened in the city of Chingola, in Zambia’s copperbelt, about …

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Putellas ready for Spain’s second FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 outing against Zambia
1 year, 5 months ago

Putellas ready for Spain’s second FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023 outing against Zambia

The Hindu  

Spain is expecting anything but a walk in the park when it faces Zambia in its second Women’s World Cup match and key midfielder Alexia Putellas is ready to play a part if selected, coach Jorge Vilda said on Tuesday. Twice Ballon d’Or winner Putellas came on as a second-half substitute in Spain’s opening 3-0 win over Costa Rica last …

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Debt-plagued Zambia reaches deal with China, other nations to rework $6.3B in loans, French say
1 year, 6 months ago

Debt-plagued Zambia reaches deal with China, other nations to rework $6.3B in loans, French say

Associated Press  

PARIS — Zambia and its government creditors, including China, have reached a deal to restructure $6.3 billion in loans, the French government announced Thursday on the sidelines of a global finance summit in Paris. The agreement covers loans from countries including France, the UK, South Africa, Israel and India as well as China — Zambia’s biggest creditor at $4.1 billion …

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Mint Explainer: Will Africa divide the G20?
1 year, 10 months ago

Mint Explainer: Will Africa divide the G20?

Live Mint  

G20 finance ministers and central bank governors go into a huddle on Friday and Saturday. G20 chair India, and the International Monetary Fund, say debt restructuring of low-income countries and emerging economies will top the agenda of the sessions. Any effort by India and its allies, such as the US, to widen their influence in Africa, directly or through multilateral …

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Yellen kickstarts Biden administration visits to Africa
1 year, 11 months ago

Yellen kickstarts Biden administration visits to Africa

Associated Press  

The Biden administration’s big push to engage more with Africa is underway as Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen begins a 10-day visit aimed at promoting all the economic possibilities that lie between the U.S. and the world’s second-largest continent. At the business incubator on Friday, Yellen plans to stress that Africa, with its growing middle class, “will shape the trajectory of …

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Zambian officials say student killed on Russia-Ukraine front line
2 years, 1 month ago

Zambian officials say student killed on Russia-Ukraine front line

Al Jazeera  

Lemekhani Nathan Nyirenda was studying in Moscow but imprisoned in April 2020 and sent to fight in Ukraine this year. A Zambian student who was imprisoned in Russia has been killed in Ukraine while fighting on the Russian side, an official from the southern African country said. Lemekhani Nathan Nyirenda, 23, was studying nuclear engineering at the Moscow Engineering Physics …

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UK, Germany, Italy confirm cases of Omicron coronavirus variant
3 years, 1 month ago

UK, Germany, Italy confirm cases of Omicron coronavirus variant

Al Jazeera  

Countries impose bans on travellers from southern Africa against the advice of the World Health Organization. On Monday, the CDC had lowered its COVID-19 travel advisory for South Africa to “Level 1: Low.” 27 Nov 2021 - 17:44 GMT Germany confirms first two cases of Omicron Two cases of the Omicron variant have been detected in the southern German state …

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China's help for Africa wins plaudits from experts
3 years, 11 months ago

China's help for Africa wins plaudits from experts

China Daily  

LUSAKA, Zambia－China has continuously provided support to Africa to fight COVID-19 at a time when the continent needed it the most, Zambian experts say. "When we started off, the capacity of the country was very low in terms of COVID-19 testing," said Onesmus Munyati, Dean of the School of Natural Sciences at the University of Zambia. Amid the recent rise …

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World’s biggest mammal migration under threat
4 years, 1 month ago

World’s biggest mammal migration under threat

Al Jazeera  

Experts say near-threatened fruit bats, crucial for restoring forests in Africa, are in danger. Straw-coloured fruit bats, dubbed “the gardeners of Africa”, are important for the regeneration of woodland forest and Indigenous fruit trees. Protecting the park James Mwanza, community outreach manager at Kasanka Trust, which manages the park, says commercial agriculture is the main threat to natural resources which …

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I write for the curious, says Namwali Serpell, winner of the Arthur C Clarke award
4 years, 2 months ago

I write for the curious, says Namwali Serpell, winner of the Arthur C Clarke award

Hindustan Times  

Namwali Serpell’s stupendous debut, The Old Drift, has been called ‘stealth sci-fi’; ‘Marquezian’, for its grand, epic sweep and magical realism, and a work of ‘Afro-futurism’. Serpell’s stupendous debut has been called stealth sci fi; it uses real science to imagine a near future world of mass surveillance and drone warfare. I wrote science fiction, not because it’s set in …

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Kriti Sanon plays with cheetahs in Zambia, fans ask her to be more ‘responsible and sensitive’ towards animals. See pics
5 years, 6 months ago

Kriti Sanon plays with cheetahs in Zambia, fans ask her to be more ‘responsible and sensitive’ towards animals. See pics

Hindustan Times  

Actor Kriti Sanon, who is in Zambia for an adventurous holiday, interacted with cheetahs and giraffes. Kriti shared a picture of herself, sharing the frame with a cheetah and captioned it, “He wanted a selfie!! You being an actress and a public icon should have been more responsible and sensitive.” One more user raised doubts about the wild animals being …

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