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Zambian police arrest 2 over alleged plot to bewitch President Hichilema
LUSAKA, Zambia. (AP) — Two people have been arrested for allegedly plotting to harm Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema using witchcraft, police said Friday. Police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga said in a statement that the two suspects, Jasten Mabulesse Candunde, 42, and Leonard...
A Zambian court rules former leader Lungu can't run for president again in 2026
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Zambia's Constitutional Court ruled unanimously Tuesday that former President Edgar Lungu was barred from contesting the 2026 election because he has already served the maximum two terms. The court ruled that Lungu's period as president of the southern African...
Biden says 'Africa is the future' as he pledges millions more on the last day of Angola visit
LOBITO, Angola (AP) — President Joe Biden pledged another $600 million Wednesday for an ambitious multi-country rail project in Africa as one of the final foreign policy moves of his administration, and told African leaders the resource-rich continent of more than 1.4 billion people had been...
8 miners are dead and 1 is missing after a mine collapse in Zambia
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Eight miners died after being buried under mounds of earth that collapsed on them in an open-pit copper mine in Zambia on Wednesday, police said. One miner was missing and another two survived, provincial police commissioner Peacewell Mweemba said. State media...
