Nigeria's Super Falcons defeated Zambia 1-0 in their Group C second fixture at the 2026 Women's Africa Cup of Nations in Rabat, Morocco on August 1, with Asisat Oshoala scoring the winner while Nigeria played with ten players after a red card; in Group B on the same day, South Africa rallied from 2-0 down to draw with Côte d'Ivoire, while Burkina Faso narrowly beat Tanzania
Landlocked Southern African copper producer that became the G20 Common Framework's first African test case, completing sovereign debt restructuring in 2024 after a 2020 Eurobond default.
full dossier ›Guy Scott, who briefly served as Africa's first white head of state in decades, dies at 82 in Zambia
Guy Scott, the Zambian politician who served as acting president from October 2014 to January 2015 after President Michael Sata died in office, died on July 15 at 82; Zambia declared five days of national mourning and set a state funeral for July 20
The reserves, built from copper revenues and post-debt-restructuring stabilisation, have become the central economic battleground of Zambia's 2026 general election campaign
A 1,344km railway linking Angola's port of Lobito to copper and cobalt zones in the DRC and Zambia, the West's flagship infrastructure counter to China in Africa.
Nine EPC contractors visit the Angola-DRC-Zambia route; preferred bidders due by August, but Zambian-leg financing slips to late 2027
Zambia produced 890,346 tonnes of copper in 2025, up 8% but short of the 1 million tonne goal; the government has formally restated the target for 2026 as the Africa Finance Corporation invites bids for the 800km Zambia section of the Lobito Corridor railway