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In case you missed them, here are the top 10 stories of the week.
1. The family of ex-Zambian President Edgar Lungu, who died in South Africa last June and is yet to be buried, have dismissed allegations he was poisoned. Read more…
2. Mweemba Bianca Magande has told the Lusaka High Court that she was ready to undergo a DNA test to prove she is the biological daughter of the late former Finance Minister Ng’andu Peter Magande, even if it required the exhumation of his remains. Read more…
3. Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema on Wednesday dismissed Health Minister Elijah Muchima and Minister of Small and Medium Enterprise Development Elias Mubanga with immediate effect, State House said in a statement. Read more…
4. Zambia’s public debt reached US$28.9 billion at the end of December 2025, as the government continued efforts to balance borrowing with economic recovery under the International Monetary Fund’s Extended Credit Facility programme, Finance and National Planning Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane told Parliament of Zambia on Thursday. Read more…
5. Zambia’s local-currency bond market has emerged as Africa’s best performer this year, delivering returns of about 25 percent and outperforming all other domestic debt markets on the continent, according to market commentary from Access Bank Group. Read more…
6. President Hakainde Hichilema has warned that there would be no space for violence, cadreism, or any form of lawlessness in Zambia as the nation heads toward the August 13, 2026 general elections. Read more…
7. The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has announced the closure of several high-profile corruption and abuse of office cases. Among these include those involving Solicitor General, Marshal Muchende, and Copperbelt Minister, Elisha Matambo, after investigations found no evidence linking them to wrongdoing. Read more….
8. Government, through the Minerals Regulation Commission (MRC), has lifted the suspension of underground operations at Mopani Copper Mines’ (MCM) Mufulira mine with immediate effect. Read more…
9. The Zambia Police Service has arrested 23 suspected illegal immigrants believed to be Bangladeshi nationals following coordinated operations in Chisamba District and Lusaka, police said on Wednesday. Read more….
10. A Lusaka court has sentenced a Tanzanian teacher to four years in prison after finding him guilty of trafficking 81 kilograms of marijuana stored inside a house in Kamwala South. Read more….
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