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Zambia

Type: Country

Name: Zambia

population: 11,015,070

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 17 mins ago - 3 reports

World: Brazil to Âwrite off' African debt

Brazil has announced that it will cancel or restructure almost $900m (£600m) worth of debt with Africa.Oil- and gas-rich Congo-Brazzaville, Tanzania and Zambia are among the 12 African countries to benefit.The move is seen as an effort to boost economic ... [Published East African Standard - 26 mins ago]

Entities: Brazil, Zambia, Republic of the Congo, Tanzania

First reported May 25 2013 - Updated 14 hours ago - 2 reports

Michael Sata

Sata disagrees with one passport for Africa concept

President Sata speaks with African youths at the African Hall in Addis Ababa yesterday - Picture by Eddie MwanalezaPresident Sata speaks with African youths at the African Hall in Addis Ababa yesterday - Picture by Eddie MwanalezaPRESIDENT Michael Sata ... [Published Zambia Post - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Michael Sata, Zambia, African Union

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated 14 hours ago - 3 reports

International Monetary Fund

Zambia risks a budget deficit, says Babb

ZAMBIA risks experiencing a budget deficit this year because certain measures being undertaken will exert considerable pressure on expenditure, says Standard Bank Africa strategist Yvette Babb.And Babb says economic growth will remain above seven per ... [Published Zambia Post - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Zambia, Budget Deficit, Lusaka, Economic Growth, International Monetary Fund

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated 17 hours ago - 3 reports

Swiss Filmmaker Retraces Dad’s Steps in Zambia

[Times of Zambia]EXACTLY 50 years after the death of his father, Walter Deuber from Zurich, Switzerland, travelled to Ndola to visit the old cemetery where his father Emil was buried on June 18, in 1963.READ FULL STORYThe post appeared first on Zambian ... [Published Zambian - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Zambia, Ndola, Zurich (Switzerland)

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 2 reports

Peace Corps

Govt Deports Peace Corps Volunteer

[Zambia Reports]An American volunteer, Jacqueline Frances Walsh has been deported from Zambia for what the authorities are calling endangering the country's peace and security.READ FULL STORYThe post appeared first on Zambian News . ... [Published Zambian - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Peace Corps, Zambia, Deportation

First reported May 25 2013 - Updated May 25 2013 - 2 reports

SABMiller PLC

Use Local Materials, Scott Urges Investors

VICE-PRESIDENT Guy Scott has urged investors in Zambia to utilise local raw materials in the production process in various sectors."Zambia is the only country in Africa with sufficient resources and there is no need to use the raw materials from other ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 25 2013]

Entities: Guy Scott, Zambian Breweries Plc, Zambia, Ndola, SABMiller PLC

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 25 2013 - 2 reports

Cosafa Cup 2013 - Prize Money

The prize-money for the COSAFA Cup Zambia 2013 has been set with teams competing for a share of over R1-million.The regional championship makes a return after a three year absence and will be played from July 6-20 in three venues across Zambia.Twelve ... [Published AllAfrica.com - May 25 2013]

Entities: Council of Southern Africa Football Associations, Zambia, Equatorial Guinea, Mozambique, Kenya

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 2 reports

Vedanta's KCM says to cut 2,000 mining jobs in Zambia

Zambia's Konkola Copper Mines owned by London-listed Vedanta Resources will cut 2,000 jobs to restore profits, the company said on Friday, in a move likely to spark labour unrest in the continent's top copper producer. ... [Published XE - May 24 2013]

Entities: Zambia, Mining, Copper, Vedanta Resources PLC

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 4 reports

L/stone shaping up for UNWTO indaba

It is a common practice in Zambia that certain changes have to take place in a home whenever one is expecting important visitors or when one is about to host an important event.Such changes may include applying a coat of paint to the exterior or interior ... [Published Times of Zambia - May 24 2013]

Entities: Livingstone (Zambia), UNWTO, Zambia, Sylvia Masebo

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 3 reports

New airline services on Lilongwe-Lusaka route

Business Featured Trade $ and tourism ties between Malawi and Zambia will be given a boost next month when Proflight Zambia begins a three-times-a-week service to Lilongwe from Lusaka.The new route, which will be launched on$ June 4, will be the first ... [Published Nyasa Times - May 24 2013]

Entities: Lusaka, Zambia, Lilongwe

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 2 reports

Jobless Lusaka Youths Join Student Protests

Some youths in Kamwala, Chilenje and Kabwata suburbs of Lusaka have threatened to join university students in street protests against the increasing cost of living in Zambia. The young people have called all concerned residents to air their voices on ... [Published Individual.com - May 24 2013]

Entities: Patriotic Front, Lusaka, Michael Sata, protest

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 2 reports

Zambia’s State Mining Company Faces Calls for Exchange Listing

May 24 (Bloomberg) -- ZCCM Investments Holdings Plc is under pressure from minority shareholders to boost transparency in the management of Zambia’s state-controlled mining-investment company and list on a regulated stock market.Private investors, who ... [Published La Repubblica - May 24 2013]

Entities: Zambia, Copper, Minority Shareholders

Quotes

"To maintain a special relationship with Africa is strategic for Brazil's foreign policy."

World: Brazil to Âwrite off' African debt [Published East African Standard - 26 mins ago]

"Brazil has great expertise in what we call 'tropicalising' European crops. We have that technology," he said. "The idea is how to transfer that technology from Brazil to other African countries."

Brazil to 'write-off' all African debt [Published Telegraph - 4 hours ago]

...No doting media waiting to find out what amazing new gadget the company had produced. Instead, there was Democrat Senator Carl Levin. Apple "wasn’t satisfied with shifting its profits to a low-tax offshore tax haven" he thundered

Eddie Barnes: Taxing times as world looks to Cameron [Published The Scotsman - 4 hours ago]

"We have seen that KCM is now trying to test the ability of the PF government. We will defend the workers, we will defend the workforce because they put in this government to ensure that their interests are protected" he said

Govt rejects KCM's plan to sack 2,000 workers [Published Zambia Post - 10 hours ago]

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50th founding anniversary of Organization for A... [Published Global Times - 4 hours ago]
Brazil to 'write-off' all African debt [Published Telegraph - 4 hours ago]
Eddie Barnes: Taxing times as world looks to Ca... [Published The Scotsman - 4 hours ago]
Inefficiency at Dar port swallows up $2.6bn of GDP [Published East African - 4 hours ago]
UN Security Council reforms:Ambassador Tanin pr... [Published Sri Lanka Island - 6 hours ago]
$US900m African debt relief announced by Brazil [Published Radio New Zealand - 7 hours ago]
Hunt for Successor 41- Live and let the poor die [Published Ukzambians - 8 hours ago]
Brazil 'cancels' most African debt [Published BBC - 8 hours ago]
AU marks pan-African bloc's 50th anniversary [Published Xinhua News Agency - 8 hours ago]
Multitudes toast Africa’s freedom, AU Golden Ju... [Published Times of Zambia - 8 hours ago]
Mwanawasa’s embalmer: Autopsy results ready [Published Times of Zambia - 8 hours ago]
Nigeria... An Economy Trudging On Inconsistent ... [Published The Guardian Nigeria - 9 hours ago]
Church costs woman custody of children [Published Times of Zambia - 9 hours ago]
High Matero crime rate attributed to bars [Published Times of Zambia - 9 hours ago]
TIMES urged to open up rural offices [Published Times of Zambia - 9 hours ago]
DEC leaves Indeni probe for ACC to continue [Published Times of Zambia - 9 hours ago]
AU summit snub claim a lie: Tsvangirai [Published New Zimbabwe.com - 9 hours ago]
Govt rejects KCM's plan to sack 2,000 workers [Published Zambia Post - 10 hours ago]
Museveni warns of plot to detain Uhuru [Published Daily Nation - 10 hours ago]
APRM: Media, civil society come on board [Published Times of Zambia - 10 hours ago]
Using Hydrozon for HIV treatment [Published Times of Zambia - 10 hours ago]
Subsidies debate fine but.. [Published Times of Zambia - 10 hours ago]
Dangers of Malaria during pregnancy [Published Times of Zambia - 10 hours ago]
Yemen: Global Partnership for Education Grants ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - 12 hours ago]
Problem of newscasting, articulation persists [Published Times of Zambia - 12 hours ago]
How to manage PR issues [Published Times of Zambia - 12 hours ago]
Subsidy removal debate cuts across class [Published Times of Zambia - 12 hours ago]

Blogs

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Africa: Africa Day Keynote Address [Published Africa - May 24 2013] div id="doctitle"> Africa Day Keynote Address RemarksReuben BrigetyDeputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African AffairsWashington HiltonWashington, DCMay 23, 2013 div id="centerblock"> Thank you for that kind introduction. Ambassador Mombuli, ...
Interest rate caps and their impact on financia... [Published Zunia.org RSS - May 24 2013] The recent introduction of a lending rate ceiling for banks and other financial institutions in Zambia reopened an old debate over the appropriateness of regulatory intervention to limit the charging of rates that are deemed, by policymakers, to be excessively ...
ZAMBIA – Fund-raising: from Lusaka to Florence ... [Published SocioLingo Africa - May 24 2013] ROME, Italy, May 24, 2013/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Travelling from Lusaka to Florence on a bamboo tandem, through 13 African and two European countries, to raise funds to build a...[[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full ...
USAID Assessment of Market Information Systems ... [Published Zunia.org RSS - May 23 2013] This Assessment of Market Information Systems in Africa briefing paper presents the results of an assessment carried out to explore the current use of sustainable (without on-going donor support) and scalable (potentially to millions of farmers) agricultural ...
MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: MFTransparency Reveals Trut... [Published MicroCapital - May 21 2013] MicroFinance Transparency (MFTransparency), a US-based nongovernmental organization that provides information on microcredit products and their prices, recently revealed the Truth in Lending Tables (TILT) Data Platform that displays the interest rates ...

Audio/Video

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Environmental Investments on Private Land: Plan... [Published UC Berkeley Events - YouTube - 15 hours ago]
Trevor Noah in Zambia [Published ABN Digital - YouTube - May 20 2013]
15 May -- Zambia Markets with Tidale Mwale [Published ABN Digital - YouTube - May 15 2013]
Success of Emerald Auction [Published ABN Digital - Video - May 15 2013]
Zambia villagers blame government for poor livi... [Published Al Jazeera - YouTube - May 11 2013]

Press Releases

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Yampu Tours Adds New Trains to Their Itineraries [Published PR.com - May 24 2013]
"The Insurance Industry in Zambia, Key Trends a... [Published PR inside - May 23 2013]
IST Research’s Data Collection Environment to M... [Published PR.com Press Releases - May 23 2013]
Midnight Sun Signs Letter of Intent for Explora... [Published Marketwire - Breaking News Releases - May 09 2013]
Heyl & Patterson Joins PA Mining Initiative in ... [Published PR.com Press Releases - Apr 25 2013]