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FILE - A woman is seen in a voting booth at a polling station in Lusaka, Zambia, Aug, 12, 2021. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)

As Zambia nears election season, some warn against the ‘sextortion’ of female candidates

By Jacob Zimba - Associated Press

Violet Zulu, who was sent to a maximum-security prison after she was denied a legal abortion and ended her pregnancy on her own, poses for a photograph in Lusaka, Zambia, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Kille)

She was denied a legal abortion and sent to prison over an illegal one. Now she tells her story

By Jacob Zimba and Gerald Imray - Associated Press

FILE - This image taken from video Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, shows a breach at a tailing dam at a Sino-Metals Leach Zambia mine near Kitwe. (AP Photo/Richard Kille, file)

A Chinese mining company is accused of covering up the extent of a major toxic spill in Zambia

By Jacob Zimba and Gerald Imray - Associated Press

FILE -A supporter arrives for a Mass for former Zambian President Edgar Lungu, shown in a banner at right, at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Johannesburg, South Africa, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe), File)

Hand over the body for burial at home, a South African court tells Zambian ex-president’s family

By Mogomotsi Magome - Associated Press

Esther Lungu, widow of Zambia's former President Edgar Lungu, center, and family members attend a Mass, at the Cathedral of Christ the King, in Johannesburg, South Africa, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)

Court order stops a former Zambian president’s burial in South Africa on the day of his funeral

By Mogomotsi Magome and Jacob Zimba - Associated Press

In this Feb. 6, 2020 file photo, a man buys a face mask at a pharmacy in Kitwe, Zambia. Zambia faces a Friday deadline to clear debt owed to external investors who have rejected the country's request for deferral of an overdue $42.5 million interest payment amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Emmanuel Mwiche/File)

U.S. says it will reduce health aid to Zambia because medicines were stolen and sold

By Noel Sichalwe - Associated Press

FILE - Zambia President Hakainde Hichilema speaks during the Lobito Corridor Trans-Africa Summit at the Carrinho food processing factory near Lobito, Angola, on Dec. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, file)

A witchcraft case involving Zambia’s president brings scrutiny of a colonial-era law and traditions

By JACOB ZIMBA - Associated Press

FILE - Zambia's President Edgar Chagwa Lungu addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Court rules former Zambian leader Lungu can’t run for president again in 2026 election

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FILE - James Tshuma, a farmer in Mangwe district in southwestern Zimbabwe, stands in the middle of his dried up crop field amid a drought, in Zimbabwe, Friday, March, 22, 2024. Zimbabwe declared a state of disaster Wednesday, April 3, 2024, over a devastating drought that's sweeping across much of southern Africa, with the country’s president saying it needs $2 billion for humanitarian assistance. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)

Zimbabwe declares drought disaster, the latest in a region where El Nino has left millions hungry

By Farai Mutsaka - Associated Press

FILE - Zambian Foreign Minister Stanley Kakubo participates in a memorandum of understanding signing ceremony with U.S. Secretary Antony Blinken and Democratic Republic of the Congo Foreign Minister Christophe Lutundula in Washington, Dec. 13, 2022. Zambian anti-corruption authorities say they will investigate after a video on social media allegedly showed the country’s foreign minister receiving piles of cash from a Chinese businessman. Foreign Minister Stanley Kakubo resigned on Tuesday Dec. 28, 2023, but denied wrongdoing and said he had stepped down because he didn’t want the issue to be a distraction for the government. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool via AP, File)

Anti-corruption authorities to investigate Zambia’s foreign minister over cash-counting video

By Noel Sichalwe - Associated Press

Pope Francis delivers his message as he meets with Vatican employees for the season greetings at the Vatican, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Some Catholic bishops reject Pope’s stance on blessings for same-sex couples. Others are confused

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

Government officials and miners are seen at the scene of the mine rescue mission on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023 in Chingola, around 400 kilometres (248 miles) north of the capital Lusaka, Zambia. Seven miners were confirmed dead and more than 20 others were missing and presumed dead after heavy rains caused landslides that buried them inside tunnels they had been digging illegally at a copper mine in Zambia, police and local authorities said Saturday. (AP Photo)

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

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Zambia's head coach Bruce Mwape stands by the touchline during the Women's World Cup Group C soccer match between Spain and Zambia at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand, Wednesday, July 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

FIFA investigates misconduct complaint involving Zambia Women’s World Cup team

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Zambia's Barbra Banda, second right, is congratulated by teammate Agness Musase after scoring her team's second goal from a penalty during the Women's World Cup Group C soccer match between Costa Rica and Zambia in Hamilton, New Zealand, Monday, July 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Cornaga)

Zambia’s Barbra Banda scores the 1,000th goal in Women’s World Cup history

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Japan's Hikaru Naomoto, second left, celebrates after scoring her team's first goal during the Women's World Cup Group C soccer match between Japan and Costa Rica in Dunedin, New Zealand, Wednesday, July 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Two goals in 2 minutes help Japan beat Costa Rica 2-0 at Women’s World Cup

By Ellen McIntyre - Associated Press

Zambia's goalkeeper Eunice Sakala waits to face a penalty kick from Japan's Riko Ueki during the Women's World Cup Group C soccer match between Zambia and Japan in Hamilton, New Zealand, Saturday, July 22, 2023. (AP Photo/John Cowpland )

Zambia turns to 3rd goalkeeper ahead of Spain at Women’s World Cup

By Zach Allen - Associated Press

Zambia's Margaret Belemu attempts to run past Japan's Kiko Seike, right, during the Women's World Cup Group C soccer match between Zambia and Japan in Hamilton, New Zealand, Saturday, July 22, 2023. (AP Photo/John Cowpland)

Japan cruises to 5-0 opening win over Zambia at Women’s World Cup

By Luke Vargas - Associated Press

Zambian players celebrate after scoring their side's second goal during the women's international soccer match between Germany and Zambia at Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer in Furth, Germany, Friday July 7, 2023. (Daniel Karmann/dpa via AP)

Coach of Zambia Women’s World Cup team accused of sexual misconduct, report claims

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

Brazil's Rafaelle, left, and Zambia's Babra Banda battle for the ball during a women's soccer match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

A player’s mistreatment exposes flawed sex eligibility rules used by FIFA at Women’s World Cup

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

Sri Lankan Buddhist monks wait for the arrival of President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Mattala Rajapaksa International Air Port in Mattala, Sri Lanka, Monday, March 18, 2013. The Chinese-funded airport built in the president’s hometown away from most of the country’s population is so barely used that elephants have been spotted wandering on its tarmac. (AP Photo/Sanka Gayashan, File)

China’s loans pushing world’s poorest countries to brink of collapse

By Bernard Condon - Associated Press