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China Reins In Belt and Road Program, $1 Trillion Later

China has spent a trillion dollars to expand its influence across Asia, Africa and Latin America through its Belt and Road infrastructure program. Now, Beijing is working on an overhaul of the troubled initiative, according to people involved in policy-making.

Bangkok Post

HIV crashed her life. She found her way back to joy — and spoke at the U.N. this week

Diagnosed with HIV before her wedding, Bupe Sinkala didn't tell her husband and saw her marriage — and life — crumble. Now she's a community health worker advocating for her unsung profession.

WEKU

Why has Kenya not abolished the death penalty? Habit and inertia

In recent months two African states have announced their intentions to abolish the death penalty – Zambia and the Central African Republic.

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Tanzania and Zambia want to upgrade the 'Uhuru Railway' – but can they?

Half a century ago, the Tanzania-Zambia Railway (Tazara) stood out as a crucial symbol of Africa’s struggle for independence. The 1,860km-long railway connects Kapiri Mposhi in Zambia with Dar es Salaam at the Indian Ocean.

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Zambian man whose community was polluted by mining visits NI communities facing influx of gold prospectors

"These mines were making millions and millions and sending it out of the country whilst the communities are suffering"

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BlackRock, bondholders must cancel Zambia debt -economists, experts

Over 100 economists and development experts on Friday called for asset manager BlackRock and other holders of Zambian bonds to cancel some of that debt, saying continuing to pay private creditors was "economically inefficient and morally wrong".

Reuters

Lenders urged to cancel Zambia debt as country faces economic collapse

Economists accuse bondholders of standing to make huge profits at the expense of the crisis-hit country

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IMF anticipates no further relief needed for Zambia post-debt programme

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) does not anticipate any relief for Zambia after the end of a 2022-2025 debt programme, its mission chief Allison Holland said at a briefing on Wednesday.

Reuters

Big-hearted Newcastle couple help save African football team using donations from kind Geordies

Crispin Mason-Jones and his wife Dr Ellie Bond have raised tens of thousands of pounds to save a sports club in the remote community of Mfuwe in Zambia

Chronicle Live

Crisis-hit Zambia secures $1.3bn IMF loan to rebuild stricken economy

Years of mismanagement have led to soaring debt levels, but critics say that without meaningful relief, austerity will continue

The Guardian - UK

Kind UK couple raise thousands for African football team and save them from going bust

Crispin Mason-Jones and his wife Dr Ellie Bond have raised tens of thousands of pounds to save a sports club in the remote community of Mfuwe in Zambia

Daily Mirror

Zambia wins IMF board approval for $1.3 billion loan program

Zambia won International Monetary Fund approval for a $1.3 billion, 38-month loan program on Wednesday, a crucial step in the southern African country's quest to restructure its debts and rebuild an economy ravaged by mismanagement and COVID-19.

Reuters

Murray Bridge aged care nurse and family facing deportation despite worker shortage in sector

A nurse in South Australia could be sent back to Zambia just as Australia's hospital and aged care systems are complaining of a shortage of workers in the profession, especially in regional areas.

ABC News

Sampa the Great on her new album As Above, So Below, awards controversy and making Obama’s playlist

‘Finally my mum thinks I have a real job now’

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The Independent UK

Commonwealth Games swimmer picks up top GCSE results

Jade Phiri, who was representing Zambia, achieved great success across three different events at the recent Commonwealth Games

The Conversation

Zambia's copper mines hard-baked racism into the workplace by labelling whites 'expats'

Zambia’s Copperbelt has been a centre of the world copper industry for almost a century. When mining began on an industrial scale in the 1920s, the mines employed both migrant white and African workers. By the time of Zambia’s independence in 1964, around 7,500 white workers and 38,000 African workers…

Daily Record

SNP MP branded 'Junket Queen' after racking up freebie overseas trips worth £44,000

Dr Lisa Cameron has been to Switzerland, Qatar, China, Kenya, Germany, Japan, Belgium, Denmark, Taiwan, England, San Marina, The United Arab Emirates, Honk Kong, Zambia and The United States on the public purse.

The Guardian - UK

Namwali Serpell: ‘I find uncertainty compelling in literature’

The award-winning Zambia-born writer on her reading habits, being emboldened by Toni Morrison, and her belief that books aren’t about self-improvement, but engagement

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Daily Mirror

Commonwealth Games 400m champion taken away in wheelchair after winning gold

Muzala Samukonga's body almost immediately gave out following the biggest race result of his career to date, with the teenager taken away on a wheelchair prior to his triumphant return

The Guardian - UK

Laura Muir erases eight years of hurt but England’s women disqualified in relay

The 29-year-old took the 1500m title with a dominant display while Ohuruogu, Williams, Pipi and Knight were penalised for stepping out of their lane

The Independent UK

Matt Hudson-Smith beaten to 400m gold by Zambia’s Muzala Samukonga

Hudson-Smith was favourite to win the race at his home track

The Independent UK

Wealthy dentist found guilty of murdering wife on Zambia safari where they’d gone to kill a leopard

Lawrence Rudolph claimed wife Bianca had shot herself as she packed guns to leave remote lodge

ABC News

Where the Crawdads Sing author Delia Owens is wanted for questioning in a decades-old murder mystery in Zambia

A US television crew was dispatched to Zambia to film the story of a young American couple on a mission to protect African wildlife from poachers but, instead, they ended up recording a murder.

Reuters

Zambia debt relief pledge clears way for $1.4 billion programme, says IMF

Zambia's creditors pledged to negotiate a restructuring of the country's debts on Saturday, a move IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva welcomed as "clearing the way" for a $1.4 billion Fund programme.

The Conversation

Zambia can meet growing food demand: how to fix what's standing in its way

African countries face great challenges in adapting to climate change to meet growing demand for food. The current drought in East Africa is the latest manifestation of changing weather patterns.

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