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Zambia visits by Yellen, IMF reflect concern over stalled debt talks, China

Two of the world's most powerful finance officials are visiting Zambia this week, a reflection of the growing concern shared by Western officials about how China and other creditors are handling the African country's debt.

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Kenyan prisoners on death row weren’t deterred by the threat of the death penalty: new research findings

Kenya’s last execution of a prisoner was in 1987. But the country still hosts a death row population of nearly 600. Almost all were sentenced to death for murder or robbery with violence. New sentences are handed down every year.

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Yellen urges Zambia debt restructuring after talks with China

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Monday on a visit to Zambia it was critically important to restructure its debt, and she believes progress could be made after her frank talks last week with China, which is owed almost $6 billion by Lusaka.

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Copper transformed way the world works before: it's about to do so again

Copper is all around us. The metal is both ever-present and invisible in our world. Copper makes reading the words on this screen possible. And the global spread of artificial light, electric power and telecommunications all required ever-increasing quantities of copper.

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Yellen in Zambia to discuss debt to China, public health

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is in Zambia on the second leg on her African tour

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Nicole Cooper: 10 things that changed my life

AWARD-WINNING actor Nicole Cooper tells Mark Brown about 10 things that changed her life...

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Yellen says China may be prepared to join Zambia debt deal

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen again expressed cautious optimism that China will be willing to enter into a multilateral debt restructuring deal with Zambia.

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Yellen kickstarts Biden administration visits to Africa

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

The Independent UK

Brighton confirm Enock Mwepu taken ill and undergoing hospital tests in Zambia

Mwepu was forced to retire from football at the age of 24 after being diagnosed with a potentially life-threatening heart condition.

The Independent UK

Former Brighton star Enock Mwepu rushed to hospital after 'suspected heart attack'

Enock Mwepu was forced to retire aged just 24 last October due to a hereditary condition and reports in his native Zambia claim he has suffered a suspected heart attack

Daily Mirror

Yellen heads to Africa with US seeking to counter China’s influence

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen departs Tuesday to visit three African countries central to President Joe Biden’s strategy to rejuvenate ties on the continent and counter China’s influence across the developing world.

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IMF chief to visit Rwanda during visit to Africa -sources

International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva will visit Rwanda later this month after traveling to Zambia, three sources familiar with the plans said on Friday.

Reuters

Croats charged with child trafficking in Zambia granted bail

A Zambian court has granted bail to eight Croatian nationals charged with child trafficking

The Independent UK

Former international footballer mauled to death by three pet dogs in garden

Former Zambia international Philemon Mulala died earlier this month having been attacked by his own pet dogs with tributes paid to the 60-year-old following the tragic news

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8 Croats in court in Zambia on child trafficking charge

Eight Croatian nationals have pleaded not guilty to charges of child trafficking before a magistrates court in Ndola, Zambia

Reuters

IMF says corruption has inflated costs of high-profile projects in Zambia

The International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday that corruption had inflated the cost of numerous high-profile tenders and construction projects in Zambia.

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Zambia has killed the death penalty, but other rights remain on death row

President Hakainde Hichilema has received praise in the west for his reforms but repressive laws remain on the statutes despite promises to repeal them

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Climate change action could set off a copper mining boom: how Zambia can make the most of it

At last year’s US Africa leaders summit in Washington the US signed an historic memorandum of understanding with Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo to develop an electric vehicle battery supply chain.

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Zambian Ayr United fan sees fellow supporters dig deep to bring him to Scotland

Charles Chibaala is hoping to make an August trip to watch his beloved Honest Men in the flesh.

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Zambia’s Budding Democracy Earns Praise From Biden Administration

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Ethiopia to investigate after 27 bodies discovered in Zambia

UN migration agency ‘shocked and alarmed’ by the incident along the southern migration route from the Horn of Africa.

Radio France Internationale

Record low Kariba dam levels see Zimbabwe, Zambia facing drastic power cuts

Zimbabwe and Zambia both rely on lake Kariba – the world’s biggest dam – for the bulk of their hydro-electric supply. The record-low water level at present means electricity supplies in both countries will be heavily rationed.

Reuters

Ethiopia to investigate deaths of 27 migrants in Zambia - state news agency

Ethiopia's government will investigate the reported deaths of 27 of its citizens found in a farming area on the outskirts of Zambia's capital Lusaka, Ethiopia's state news agency said on Monday.

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Twenty-seven men believed to be Ethiopian migrants found dead along road in Zambia

Zambian police on Sunday found the bodies of 27 men, believed to be migrants from Ethiopia, dumped in a farming area on the outskirts of the capital after they died from suspected hunger and exhaustion, authorities said.

Reuters

IMF chief Georgieva cites 'fruitful exchange' with China on debt issues

International Monetary Fund chief Kristlina Georgieva said she had a "fruitful exchange" with her Chinese counterparts this week on her repeated calls for accelerating debt treatments for countries like Zambia and Sri Lanka.

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