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In case you missed some of the stories, here are the top 10 stories of the week.
1. Former Foreign Affairs Minister, Joseph Malanji, has lost two helicopters and three houses following a Lusaka Magistrates’ Court ruling that granted their forfeiture to the State. Read more…
2. President Hakainde Hichilema has commissioned the Urea Plant and 85-megawatt (MW) Power Generation Plant for United Capital Fertilizer, describing the development as a landmark achievement in Zambia’s journey toward industrialisation and agricultural self-sufficiency. Read more…
3. Former Commerce, Trade and Industry Minister, Christopher Yaluma, has told the Lusaka Magistrates’ Court that he was swindled out of US$128,000 by a father-and-son duo who falsely claimed they could supply diesel. Read more…
4. The family of Zambia’s late former President, Edgar Chagwa Lungu, has accused the Government of Zambia of undermining mediation efforts and engaging in clandestine activities that have frustrated progress toward his burial, four months after his death on 5 June, 2025 in South Africa. Read more…
5. President Hakainde Hichilema has announced that Zambia will today export its first consignment of beef to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), marking a significant milestone in the country’s efforts to diversify its export base. Read more…
6. The Bank of Zambia (BoZ) has raised red flags over the country’s rapidly expanding credit market, warning that unchecked lending and lax borrower assessments could push the economy toward a debt crisis similar to the 2008 global financial meltdown. Read more…
7. Zambia is strengthening its reform agenda and attracting global confidence through high-level engagements at the Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank Group. Read more…
8. A heavy silence hung over Plot 477 in Ibex Hill as Jane Lusengo, widow of the late Zambia Air Force Commander Lieutenant General Ronnie Shikapwasha, returned to what was once her family home—this time under the shadow of a murder accusation, over a year later. Read more…
9. In a story that sounds more like a tragic mystery than a courtroom testimony, the Lusaka High Court has heard how a woman accused of manslaughter claimed divine instruction stopped her from taking her dying husband to hospital—or even reporting his death. Read more…
10. Kenyan police have fired tear gas at huge crowds of mourners who gathered at a stadium in the capital, Nairobi, to view the body of former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, whose remains were flown in from India where he died. Read more…
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