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How to watch AFCON 2023: live stream the tournament around the world

Learn everything you need to know to watch the Africa Cup of Nations football tournament, running from January 13 – February 11.

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Strokes, terrible pain and early death: can Zambia help beat sickle cell by screening babies?

Early diagnosis and treatment could save lives from the disease, which kills 50% of affected children under five

The Guardian - UK

How to watch 2023 Africa Cup of Nations: live stream all 2024 AFCON matches online from anywhere

With the best teams on the continent set to converge on the Ivory Coast, here's how to watch 2023 African Cup of Nations live streams wherever you are in 2024.

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5 countries in East and southern Africa have anthrax outbreaks, WHO says, with 20 deaths reported

The World Health Organization says five countries in East and southern Africa are in the middle of outbreaks of the anthrax disease with more than 1,100 suspected cases and 20 deaths this year

The Independent UK

Rescuers have recovered 11 bodies after landslides at a Zambia mine. More than 30 are feared dead

Eleven informal miners have been confirmed dead and their bodies recovered from an open-pit copper mine in Zambia after landslides buried them as they were digging tunnels last month

The Independent UK

A survivor is pulled out of a Zambian mine nearly a week after being trapped. Dozens remain missing

Rescuers say a man has been pulled alive out of a Zambian mine nearly a week after dozens of informal miners were trapped under landslides caused by heavy rain

The Independent UK

Rescuer raises hope of survivors at a Zambian mine where more than 30 have been buried for days

A member of a rescue team has raised hope that there may be survivors at a Zambian mine where more than 30 informal miners have been trapped under debris for days after heavy rain caused landslides

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Zambia landslides bury miners digging tunnels illegally, killing 7 and leaving more than 20 missing

Police and local authorities in Zambia say seven miners have been confirmed dead and more than 20 others are missing, presumed dead, after heavy rains caused landslides that buried them inside tunnels they had been digging illegally at a copper mine

The Independent UK

Zambia's foreign debt tragedy – what needs to happen to resolve the crisis

Three years after defaulting on its foreign debt, Zambia is still trying to reach agreement with all its creditors on how to manage this situation. This has left the southern African country in a state of development finance limbo. It is handicapped in raising the funds needed to generate jobs,…

The Conversation

Narcotics Control Bureau busts international drug syndicate; cocaine worth ₹15 crore seized, two foreigners held

“The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has busted an international drug syndicate and seized 2kg of cocaine from a Zambian national in a hotel in Mumbai,” an NCB official said on November 13.

The Hindu

German leaders in Africa to boost economic ties and talk migration

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Nigeria and Ghana on Sunday, as the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, is to visit Tanzania and Zambia from Monday.

Radio France Internationale

Zambia seeks Indian help in manufacture of small arms, ammunition

India and Zambia agreed to explore opportunities for collaboration in defence equipment manufacturing. Defence Secretary Giridhar Aramane assured Zambian side of cooperation in military training and capacity building

The Hindu

World’s biggest bat colony gathers in Zambia every year: we used artificial intelligence to count them

Everybody who visits Kasanka National Park in Zambia during “bat season” agrees that the evening emergence of African straw-coloured fruit bats from their roost site is one of the wildlife wonders of the world. The bats (Eidolon helvum) arrive at Kasanka every year around October. The numbers swell rapidly until…

The Conversation

Zambia find shows humans have built with wood for 476,000 years

Archaeologists have excavated two logs of the large-fruited bushwillow tree that were notched, shaped and joined nearly half a million years ago along the banks of Kalambo river, zambia

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World’s Oldest Man-made Wooden Structures Discovered In Africa

The structures date back half a million years.

The Independent UK

This simple log structure may be the oldest example of early humans building with wood

A pair of crossed logs in Zambia may be the oldest evidence of early humans building with wood

The Guardian - UK

‘Oldest wooden structure’ discovered on border of Zambia and Tanzania

Logs shaped with sharp tools on border of river predate rise of modern humans and may have formed walkway or platform

The Independent UK

Proof of Stone Age humans building wooden structures uncovered by archaeologists

Researchers reported on the excavation of well-preserved wood, thought to date back at least 476,000 years, at a site in Kalambo Falls, Zambia.

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The Independent UK

China welcomes Cambodian and Zambian leaders as it forges deeper ties with Global South

The leaders of China and Zambia have announced an upgrading of their ties to a comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership, as the world’s second-largest economy forges deeper ties with the Global South

The Guardian - UK

‘A fire inside me’: the Zambian singer who overcame prejudice to change attitudes to albinism

John Chiti was spurned by his father and survived a brutal attack for his body parts, but changed his life with music. His story is the inspiration for a powerful new Netflix drama

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He's a singer, a cop and the inspiration for a Netflix film about albinism in Africa

"Can You See Us?" is the story of a boy growing up with albinism in Zambia. His father spurns him, his peers attack him. It's based on the life of John Chiti, who spoke to NPR about his experiences.

The Guardian - UK

Zambian youth coach investigated for sexual abuse now working for club side

A former Zambia coach who was suspended for alleged sexual abuse of underage players is now a technical adviser for a Zambian army side Green Buffaloes Women

The Conversation

Climate change will affect hydropower -- African countries must be prepared

Hydropower provides clean electricity to millions in Africa. It’s the largest source of renewable energy on the continent and accounts for nearly one quarter of total electricity generation in sub-Saharan Africa. Some countries, however, have a much heavier reliance on it than others. For instance, hydropower accounts for at least…

The Independent UK

Humza Yousaf to announce £24 million for countries worst hit by climate crisis

Funding will go to support work in Rwanda, Malawi and Zambia.

The Independent UK

Millionaire dentist sentenced to life for murdering wife on safari so he could flee with secret mistress

Larry Rudolph shot his wife Bianca Rudolph in October 2016 at a remote cabin in Zambia

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