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In case you missed them, here are the top 10 stories of the week.
1. Barely hours after informing the High Court that they were engaged in talks with the Zambian government, the family of late former president Edgar Lungu made a dramatic turn yesterday, rushing to the South African Constitutional Court in an urgent bid to overturn the Gauteng High Court’s ruling which allowed the Zambian government to repatriate his remains for a State funeral and burial. Read more…
2. Cabinet has approved the export of 501,620.61 metric tonnes of surplus maize grain and mealie meal to regional markets following a bumper harvest during the 2024/2025 farming season. Read more…
3. The 2024 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for Zambia has highlighted serious human rights issues in the country, including credible reports of arbitrary or unlawful killings, torture, and cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment. Read more…
4. The Christian Churches Monitoring Group (CCMG) has accused the ruling United Party for National Development (UPND) of engaging in voter inducements and politically motivated violence during the recent Mfuwe Constituency by-election. Read more…
5. Zambia’s copper production rose by 17.78 percent in the second quarter of 2025, reaching 439,644.29 metric tonnes compared to 373,263.9 metric tonnes recorded during the same period in 2024. Read more…
6. Business executive, Harry Findlay, has taken the creator and owner of the “Fimba Upoke Dig” Facebook page, Frank Zimba, to the Lusaka High Court, seeking damages for alleged defamatory remarks linking him and late President Edgar Chagwa Lungu to drug trafficking. Read more…
7. President Hakainde Hichilema has welcomed Bloomberg’s latest economic outlook projecting Zambia to record over 6 percent Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth in 2025, the fastest in Africa. Read more…
8. True to market intelligence, and as exclusively reported by Zambia Monitor, the Bank of Zambia (BoZ) has held its benchmark lending rate at 14.5 percent, citing easing inflation and improved financial stability. Read more…
9. Cape Verde has declared a state of emergency on the islands of São Vicente and Santo Antão, after deadly floods which killed at least nine people and forced 1,500 from their homes. Read more…
10. Zambia crashed out of the TotalEnergies African Nations Championship (CHAN) PAMOJA 2024 after suffering a third consecutive defeat, going down 3-1 to a dominant Morocco in a match punctuated by VAR controversy at Nyayo National Stadium in Nairobi. Read more…
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