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Crafts on display at Kabwata Cultural Village. Photo credit: Glory Mushinge and Sambu Wakalika.

by Glory Mushinge –Zambia– As senior tourism officials and high-level representatives of the private sector from all over the world look to Africa for the upcoming United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) General Assembly, Zambian artists in the country are …

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by Delphine Zulu – Zambia – The number of children being defiled in Zambia has continued to increase dramatically because of a widespread belief that having sex with a virgin will cure HIV/AIDS; this mis-information is mainly spread by local …

Will Sex with a Virgin Cure HIV/AIDS? – Why Zambian Children Are Being Defiled: The Courts Try New Measures to Stop the Record Number of Cases Read more »

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by Glory Mushinge – Zambia – International Labor Day was celebrated on May 1st throughout the world again this year, but in Zambia it was simply another painful experience for workers. In a nation of over 11 million people, only …

Labor Day in Zambia: “Our workers have been turned into slaves in their own country!” Read more »

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by Glory Mushinge – Zambia – The much-awaited National Information and Communications Technologies (ICT’s) policy has finally launched in Zambia. The policy has kept various stakeholders lobbying government in the belief that it would set motion the improvement of the …

Zambia ‘s ICT Policy Finally Launched Read more »

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by Susan Mwape – Zambia – According to a Zimbabwean Proverb, even the smallest bird can sing from the tallest tree. Zambian Irene Banda, a 25 year old social activist, scooped up the Sheila McKechnie 2007 International Campaigner Award. Irene …

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by Susan Mwape Zambia Since last month, the Lusaka City Council (LCC) has been demolishing illegal settlements in the City of Lusaka. The City Council has earmarked even more area to be razed despite the pleas by the residents to …

Poor City Planning Worries Youths in Lusaka Read more »

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by Susan Mwape – Zambia – Where there is water there is life. Forty-three years after independence, Zambia still has persistent water issues. If anything, the introduction of a multi-party system has only accelerated the water problems that have been …

Water Becomes Blue Gold in Lusaka Read more »

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by Glory Mushinge – Zambia – The past week saw some of Lusaka’s top members of the diplomatic community from Francophone embassies in Zambia, get carried away with festivities for ten straight days and nights, between the 15th to the …

Francophonie Offers Platform for Cultural Exchange Read more »

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by Glory Mushinge – Zambia – As a philosopher once said: If you treat people like dirt and refuse to acknowledge that they are also human and have rights, you leave them with no choice but to fight back. This …

The Quest for Women’s Rights Intensifies as Men Get Involved Read more »

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by Delphine Zulu – Zambia – The prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Zambia among adults aged 15-49 is currently at 16%. For every infected man, three women are infected with the virus. Such figures forced former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan …

AIDS Crisis in Zambia Weighs Heavily on Women Read more »