22 Oct 2026Zambia leaves the 25th COMESA Summit in Harare as Vice-Chairperson, having handed over a title deed for a new COMESA headquarters in Lusaka and urged member states to trade with…
22 Oct 2026Japan has committed ¥999 million, about US$6.17 million, to buy railway maintenance equipment for Zambia, a small but practical addition to this year's rail financing.
21 Oct 2026President Hichilema is in Harare for the 25th COMESA Summit, where Zimbabwe takes the chair from Kenya. Zambia wants trade barriers removed, and the export figures explain why.
14 Oct 2026Zambia was elected to the UN Human Rights Council for 2027 to 2029 with 177 of 181 votes, the highest count of the 15 members elected. What the uncontested vote…
13 Oct 2026The Economics Association of Zambia has opened talks with the Applied Economics Association of Uganda on joint economic outlook reports, a continental summit and a shadow monetary policy committee, with…
13 Oct 2026At the Borrowers' Platform's first Governing Council in Bangkok, Dr Situmbeko Musokotwane urged low-income countries to take a bigger role in global debt decisions and called for practical results.
7 Oct 2026President Hakainde Hichilema has congratulated Abiy Ahmed on his re-election as Ethiopia's Prime Minister, pledging to strengthen Zambia-Ethiopia ties founded on mutual respect and African solidarity.
2 Oct 2026President Hichilema is home from Abu Dhabi with US$2.14 billion in UAE memoranda. Finance Minister Musokotwane says the real test is converting them into bankable projects, exports and jobs.
30 Sep 2026On his first trip abroad since re-election, Hichilema met UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan as US$2.14 billion in MoUs were signed. The test now is how much…
29 Sep 2026President Hichilema met IRH chief executive Ali Rashed Alrashdi in Abu Dhabi, pressing for higher Mopani copper output and full use of Zambia's local content law, as ZCCM-IH questions IRH's…