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Chinese President Hu Jintao faces a delicate task this week when he visits copper-rich Zambia, where anti-Chinese sentiment is riding high amid fears Beijing is moving to colonise the local economy. Zambian officials say Hu’s visit, which begins tomorrow,...

　CHINA, ZAMBIA WITNESS BOOMING ECONOMIC COOPERATION By Shi Shouhe     LUSAKA, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Yan Dongyan, the middle-aged Chinese boss of a Zambian travel agency, could not help grinning as he received a report on the agency's revenue in...

Zambia is poised to have a maize surplus this season but it is still unlikely that the food will reach many of the 58 percent of Zambians that are classified as extremely poor. The ministry of agriculture recently released...

The Zambia Government has told Chambishi Metals plc it must shut down its cobalt smelter for 45 to 60 days in order to make repairs following an explosion last month in which its circuit was damaged. The accident, which happened...

Former Nalikwanda member of parliament Simasiku Kalumiana today told the Lusaka high court that he was surprised when he heard that he had lost his seat in the 2006 tripartite elections despite having commanded a lot of support in...

The People of Chiyabi area in Sinazongwe district has been cut off from the rest of the district following collapse the bridge. Sinazongwe District Commissioner Mr. Lavian Apuleni confirmed the development to ZANIS that the bridge was washed away along...

Members of Parliament (MPs) who are not ready to serve under the current conditions of service have been challenged to resign on moral grounds because they are not ready to sacrifice for the people who voted them into office. Citizens...

An advanced course in immunology, vaccinology and biotechnology applied to infectious diseases, will be held at the WHO Immunology Research and Training Centre, Lausanne, Switzerland. It will be organized specifically for English-speaking candidates from developing countries, through a donation...

Zambia's anti-corruption drive is failing because the government has been concentrating its resources on investigating the corrupt practices of the previous regime, allowing present graft in the public service to flourish, a corruption watchdog said in its latest report....

In a stirring speech punctuated with applause, Zambia's former leader Kenneth Kaunda set the tone Monday for Mahatma Gandhi's satyagraha centenary commemoration here by lashing out at the US and Britain for unleashing a war in Iraq.Kaunda, who mesmerised...