Zambia has an 11 percent prevalence rate and grapples with an estimated 1.4 million people living with HIV. In 2022, an estimated 28,000 new HIV infections were recorded, with 50% occurring among adolescents aged 10 to 19, (CIDRZ 2023). Despite the alarming numbers and challenges, targeted interventions and increased awareness have contributed to a significant...
According to Statista, a global data and business intelligence company, consumers in Central African Republic (CAR) paid the highest price for gasoline in Africa as of August 2023. One litre of the fuel cost on average 1.83 U.S. dollars in the country. In Senegal, the retail price for gasoline octane-95 reached on average 1.65 U.S....
According to Statista, a global data and business intelligence company, consumers in Central African Republic (CAR) paid the highest price for gasoline in Africa as of August 2023. One litre of the fuel cost on average 1.83 U.S. dollars in the country. In Senegal, the retail price for gasoline octane-95 reached on average 1.65 U.S....
Written by: Maureen M. Zulu Article should be referenced as: Zulu, M. M. (2022). 2022 International Women’s Day Theme Information Brief – GWYD-003, Lusaka 10101, Zambia. Website: www.marchassociates.org Background The theme for the International Women’s Day (IWD) for 2022 is ‘Gender Equality Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow’. The theme recognises the contribution of women...
The Zambia Information and Communications Technology Authority (ZICTA) has announced an increase in the number of active mobile subscriptions from 19.1 million in 2020 to 20.2 million in 2021 representing 5.8 percent increase. In the 2021 ZICTA Annual Market Performance Report for the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Sector, the authority says there is...
PREVALENCE OF GENDER BASED VIOLENCE IN ZAMBIA: INFORMATION BRIEF – GWYD-002 Written by: Maureen M. Zulu Article should be referenced as: Zulu, M. M. (2022). Prevalence of Gender Based Violence in Zambia. March Associates Information Brief – GWYD-002, Lusaka 10101, Zambia. Website: www.marchassociates.org Situational Analysis of Violence Against Women in Zambia Violence against women...
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....
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