EPA / AFP Hakainde Hichilema (L) defeated Edgar Lungu (R) in the 2021 presidential election – the third time they had faced each other at the polls The personal has become very political in Zambia. Mourning and the build-up to a funeral is never an easy time, but throw in the fallout from a long-standing...
Women’s History Museum Zambia This sacred mask is etched with symbols of Sona, a sophisticated and now rarely used writing system A wooden hunters’ toolbox inscribed with an ancient writing system from Zambia has been making waves on social media. “We’ve grown up being told that Africans didn’t know how to read and write,” says...
Zambia’s former President Edgar Lungu has died at the age of 68, his party has said in a statement. He had “been receiving specialized treatment in South Africa” for an undisclosed illness, the Patriotic Front said confirming the news. Lungu led Zambia for six years from 2015, losing the election to the current President Hakainde...
Since taking office for the second time, Trump has signed an executive order to draft a list of countries that will mean a partial or full suspension on visitors from some nations. It is unclear if China is on the proposed list, but non-American residents have experienced increased difficulty in re-entering the country in recent...