Sources: AP via Google News IOL
Environmental investigators determine that the February 2025 failure of a tailings dam owned by a Chinese copper mining company dumped 50 million liters of highly toxic waste into the Kafue River basin, killing ecosystems up to 100 km (62 mi) downstream and impacting the water supply, fishing activities, and irrigation of 60% of Zambia's population. 2025-03-15
Police in Zambia arrest a truck driver alleged to have transported 27 Ethiopian migrants who were found dead at a farm on the outskirts of Lusaka on Sunday. 2022-12-15
Zambian authorities order the closure of schools for the next 21 days and also suspend election campaigns for the general election in August after reporting the highest number of deaths due to COVID-19 in one day. At the same time, the authorities restrict activities in religious sites to meetings only twice a week and for only one hour per day. 2021-06-17
Fitch Ratings downgrades Zambia's government debt to RD (restricted default) after the country failed to pay a Eurobond coupon on Friday. 2020-11-18
At least 11 people were killed and several others injured in a road crash involving a bus travelling from Zambia to South Africa. 2018-09-17
Zambia's top prosecutor Mutembo Nchito refuses to prosecute himself for alleged abuse of office. [http:--www.france24.com-en-20150220-zambias-top-prosecutor-drops-charges-against-self-?aef_campaign_date=2015-02-20&aef_campaign_ref=partage_aef&dlvrit=66745&ns_campaign=reseaux_sociaux&ns_linkname=editorial&ns_mchannel=social&ns_source=twitter (AFP via France 24)]date=August 2019 2015-02-20
Four Zambian peacekeepers are shot and injured after their convoy comes under attack by suspected armed tribal groups in the disputed border area between Sudan and Southern Sudan. 2011-05-11
More than 600 workers at a Chinese-owned mine in Zambia strike over pay. 2011-03-25
Around 40 fishermen in Zambia are feared dead after their boat capsized in a storm on Lake Mweru. 2011-03-2
Recently resigned Zambian Defence Minister George Mpombo, a critic of President Rupiah Banda, is imprisoned for 60 days due to a bounced cheque. 2010-08-9