Category: News

United Arab Emirates President meets with world leaders on sidelines of World Future Energy Summit

President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed separately met with President Hakainde Hichilema of Zambia; Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana; Yoweri Museveni, President of...

Universal Periodic Review Working Group to examine human rights records of 13 States at its forty-second session from 23 January to 3 February 2023

The group of States to be reviewed by the UPR Working Group during this session are: Czechia, Argentina, Gabon, Ghana, Peru, Guatemala, Benin, the Republic of Korea,...

United Nations (UN) experts intervene in toxic legacy class action against lead pollution

GENEVA, Switzerland, January 19, 2023/APO Group/ —  A court in South Africa has admitted several UN experts as amici curiae in a class action suit filed by...

United Nations (UN) experts to intervene in Zambia lead pollution case

NEW YORK, United States of America, January 20, 2023/APO Group/ —  A South African court has allowed a group of UN-appointed experts to intervene in a class...

South Africa hears historic class action for lead poisoning launched by Zambian children and women

LONDON, United Kingdom, January 23, 2023/APO Group/ —  The South Gauteng High Court in Johannesburg will continue hearing a ground-breaking case brought by...

United States and Zambia Open New U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) -Supported Public Health Emergency Operations Center

LUSAKA, Zambia, January 23, 2023/APO Group/ —  On January 23, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen and U.S. Ambassador to Zambia Michael Gonzales...

Statement by International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva at the Conclusion of Her Visit to Zambia

WASHINGTON D.C., United States of America, January 24, 2023/APO Group/ —  Ms. Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund...

Zambians Divided on the Economy and the Country’s Direction, Afrobarometer Survey Shows

LUSAKA, Zambia, January 25, 2023/APO Group/ —  Only about half of Zambians approve of the country’s overall direction and are satisfied with the way the...

South Africa: Committee for Section 194 Heard Evidence from Public Protector of Zambia

CAPE TOWN, South Africa, January 30, 2023/APO Group/ —  The Committee for Section 194 Enquiry into Public Protector (PP) Adv Busisiwe Mkhwebane’s fitness to...

At Second African Infrastructure Financing Summit, $160 Billion Worth of Projects on Table

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, February 3, 2023/APO Group/ —  The 2nd Dakar Financing summit For Africa’s Infrastructure Development has opened in the...