Violence against women (VAW) has been on the rise in Zambia in the past years. The root causes of VAW in Zambia can largely be narrowed down to gender inequality for women and associated violent, harmful and controlling aspects of masculinities that are the result of patriarchal power imbalances. This imbalance, it is argued, has...
Sandwiched between Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, the landlocked nation of Zambia sits on a high plain, which mainly ranges from 500 to 1,500 metres (1,650-4,900ft) in altitude. This keeps the climate more equable than some parts of the African tropics, with the higher-altitude areas enjoying warm but not overly...
Zambia has rescheduled the reopening of schools due to a surge in COVID-19 cases, its education ministry said on Monday. Schools were scheduled for reopening on Jan. 10, but this has since been moved to Jan. 24. “The reason is that although we were prepared as a ministry for the reopening of schools, the upswing...
An operation is underway to repatriate thousands of Congolese refugees from Zambia to the homes they fled four years ago in fear of their lives. Inter-ethnic clashes and fighting between Congolese security forces and militia groups in parts of the southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo triggered a mass exodus of refugees to Zambia in 2017....
TSX-listed First Quantum Minerals has embarked on a new GM Leadership Development Programme in Zambia to mould talented staff into capable leaders. This is expected to build on the success of the mining company’s CEO training programme that saw seven talented employees receive mentorship and training in senior management roles to drive long-term sustainable growth. “Twenty years ago, First Quantum had copper output of about...
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