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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.

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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’

Evening Standard

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 Independent UK

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…

The Conversation

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.

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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

The Guardian - UK

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

Daily Mirror

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 Guardian - 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

The Independent UK

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.

ABC News

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.

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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.

Daily Record

Zambian football fanatic on how Frankie Musonda is inspiring surge in African Ayr United fans

Charles Chibaala is among a raft of Zambian supporters now calling Ayr United their second team.

Radio France Internationale

Zambia beat Nigeria to claim third place at Cup of Nations

Zambia beat Nigeria 1-0 on Friday night at the Stade Mohamed V in Casablanca to claim third place at the 2022 women's Africa Cup of Nations.

Daily Mirror

Where The Crawdads Sing writer wanted for questioning in execution-style murder case

Where The Crawdads Sing is a thrilling murder mystery story, but the writer behind the book is wanted for questioning in a real murder mystery - here's everything you need to know

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France 24

Tunisia gears up for referendum that would consolidate President Saïed's powers

In tonight's edition: Tunisia is gearing up for a referendum that would consolidate powers in the presidency, with critics calling it a power grab. Meanwhile, Kenya’s presidential campaign has been hit by misinformation and fake news on social media. Finally, we enter into the last days of the Women's Africa…

ABC News

Where the Crawdads Sing: Movie adaptation of Delia Owens novel can't rise above the muck of author controversy

The more compelling murder mystery occurs off screen in this adaptation of Delia Owens's 2018 book club favourite Where the Crawdads Sing.

The Conversation

Morocco vs South Africa as women's football enters a new era

This weekend’s Women’s African Football Championship (Wafcon) final between Morocco and South Africa in Morocco marks a new era. With it women’s football in Africa has reached a second phase of its development.

Radio France Internationale

South Africa edge past Zambia to reach back-to-back Cup of Nations finals

South Africa moved into the final at the Africa Cup of Nations for the second tournament in a row on Monday following a last-gasp 1-0 win over Zambia.

Daily Record

Fashion Sakala Rangers transfer exit teased by Auxerre and Ibrox icon with veiled 'wait and see' advice

Lionel Charbonnier has offered a clue on a potential deal this summer with the Zambia cap on the radar of the Ligue 1 newcomers.

Radio France Internationale

Zambia face South Africa at Cup of Nations in hunt for more than bragging rights

Desiree Ellis already boasts an impressive list of firsts such as the only coach to steer South Africa to back-to-back appearances at the World Cup. And on Monday night in Casablanca she can notch up another one if she becomes the first South Africa coach to lead the women's team…

Reuters

IMF calls for quick creditor agreements on Chad, Ethiopia, Zambia debts

The International Monetary Fund on Thursday called on creditor committees for Chad, Ethiopia and Zambia to quickly reach agreements with authorities to restructure the countries' debts, saying this could unlock IMF financing programs and disbursements for them.

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