ZAMBIA: Looming food crisis in refugee camps
LUSAKA, 14 November 2008 (IRIN) - The Zambian government has warned that a looming food crisis in the country's refugee camps could cause unrest among the thousands of asylum-seekers from across the region.
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DRC: What will stop the fighting?
JOHANNESBURG, 10 November 2008 (IRIN) - A pledge by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to complement UN peacekeeping forces in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) with SADC soldiers does not take account of the regional body's limited military capacity, a military analyst told IRIN.
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ZAMBIA: Lower copper prices will hurt the poor
LUSAKA, 10 November 2008 (IRIN) - The fall in international copper prices is causing unease in Zambia, one of the world's largest producers, whose impressive economic growth in recent years has been based on copper exports.
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ZAMBIA: Refugees facing food shortages
LUSAKA, 6 November 2008 (IRIN) - A funding shortfall is jeopardising food supplies to about 3,000 of the most vulnerable refugees living in two of Zambia's largest camps, a senior UN refugee agency (UNHCR) official has told IRIN.
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ZAMBIA: A successful democratic election
LUSAKA, 3 November 2008 (IRIN) - Zambia cemented its democratic credentials on 30 October in an election that observers judged free and fair, even though a defeated opposition leader has disputed the results in what was an exceptionally tight race.
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ZAMBIA: Border closed to DRC refugees
LUSAKA, 29 October 2008 (IRIN) - The Zambian government has closed its border to any refugees arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as fighting intensifies in the east of the country.
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ZAMBIA: Hoping for a free and fair election
LUSAKA, 28 October 2008 (IRIN) - Widespread allegations of pre-poll irregularities has cranked up tensions in Zambia ahead of presidential elections on 30 October to elect a successor to Levy Mwanawasa, who died in office in August following a stroke.
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ZAMBIA: Powering up, at last
JOHANNESBURG, 24 October 2008 (IRIN) - The Zambian government signed a US$75 million financing agreement with the World Bank this week to provide electricity services to 65,000 new customers, in a country where power cuts have become the norm.
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SOUTHERN AFRICA: The economic future may be darker
JOHANNESBURG, 16 October 2008 (IRIN) - Africa's marginalisation in the global financial system will not spare it the repercussions of the market meltdown affecting the rest of the world, but how hard its economies will be hit is unclear.
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ZAMBIA: Coping with less and less water
KAOMA, 1 October 2008 (IRIN) - Deforestation has affected the water cycle in one of Zambia's largest charcoal-producing regions, forcing residents to adopt unsustainable farming practices in the wetlands, say experts.
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