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International Monetary Fund managing director Kristalina Georgieva confirms that Zambia, the first African nation to default following the COVID-19 pandemic, has agreed to a debt agreement with foreign creditors concerning US$6.3 billion of its debt.
2023-10-12

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

Health Minister Chitalu Chilufya confirms Zambia's first case of a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 from South Africa and also confirms that a second wave of the pandemic has emerged.
2020-12-30

The first death due to cholera is confirmed in Mozambique, with confirmed cases rising to 517.
2019-04-1

In the aftermath of Cyclone Idai, those infected by cholera jump to 139 confirmed cases in Mozambique.
2019-03-29

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

Voters in Zambia go to the polls for a presidential election following the October 2014 death of incumbent President Michael Sata. Defence Minister Edgar Lungu (the Patriotic Front) and Hakainde Hichilema (the United Party for National Development) seek the office.
2015-01-20

At least 229 people die in a cholera outbreak in Sierra Leone, the worst outbreak in the country for 15 years.
2012-08-30

A court in Zambia grants bail to two Chinese managers accused of attempted murder for shooting and injuring 11 coal miners during a protest over pay and working conditions.
2010-11-2

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