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[Spotlight Initiative] CHINSALI DISTRICT, Zambia - An empty desk in a classroom can easily go unnoticed. But for Mr. Friday Nkonde, Head Teacher at Tongotongo Secondary School in Chinsali District, it told a story that could not be ignored. A student who had diligently attended class had suddenly stopped coming to school. Determined to find out why, Mr. Nkonde traced her whereabouts and uncovered a heartbreaking reality: the young girl had been forced into marriage.

[CAF] After finishing third in 2022 and falling short of expectations at the 2024 edition, Zambia head to the TotalEnergies CAF Women's Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2026 determined to establish themselves among Africa's elite.

[Cosafa] Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) is saddened to learn of the death of former Copper Queens coach Bruce Mwape.

[allAfrica] As Zambia moves toward its 2026 general election, the contest is increasingly being framed not as a clash of ideologies, but as a national assessment of performance, expectations, and credibility.

[Nigeria Health Watch] Inside a small laboratory at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, a technician splits a sputum sample in two. Half goes into a GeneXpert machine, the workhorse of tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in Zambia. The other half goes into a near-point-of-care molecular device, small enough to sit beside a phone, powered by battery or external power, and capable of delivering results in under an hour.

[Daily News] Dodoma -- OFFICIALS from Zambia's Rural Electrification Authority (REA), led by Chief Executive Officer,Alex Mbumba, have visited Tanzania to learn how rural electrification projects are being implemented and how they are transforming lives in rural communities.

[Scrolla] Esther Lungu and seven family members won their appeal to bury the late former Zambian president at Fourways Memorial Park in Johannesburg, not Lusaka. The Supreme Court found the Zambian government could not prove Lungu agreed to a State funeral, and ordered it to pay the family's legal costs.

[SANF] Zambia heads to the polls on 13 August in what is shaping up to be one of the most alliance-driven elections in the country's recent history.

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