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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...
Southern Africa is enduring its worst hunger crisis in decades due to El Niño, the UN says
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Months of drought in southern Africa triggered by the El Niño weather phenomenon have had a devastating impact on more than 27 million people and caused the region's worst hunger crisis in decades, the United Nations' food agency said Tuesday. The...
Drought is parching the world's largest man-made lake, stripping Zambia of its electricity
LAKE KARIBA, Zambia (AP) — Tindor Sikunyongana is trying to run a welding business which these days means buying a diesel generator with costly fuel he can't always afford. Like everyone in Zambia, Sikunyongana is facing a daily struggle to find and afford electricity during a...
Police say 10 people are dead and an unknown number are missing after a mine collapse in Zambia
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — At least 10 people died and an unknown number are missing after a mine collapsed in central Zambia, police said Monday. Authorities said rescue operations were underway and it wasn't clear exactly how many miners were underground. The collapse occurred in the...
9 men have died after a pile of gravel collapsed on them in a quarry in Zambia, police say
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Nine men died when a large pile of gravel collapsed on them while they were working in a quarry in Zambia, police said Monday. The men were operating illegally in the quarry and were loading gravel onto a truck, police spokesperson Rae Hamoonga said. The...
Zambia and Congo reopen their border after resolving a trade dispute
LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) — Zambia and Congo agreed to reopen their border on Monday after resolving a trade dispute between the countries that led to Zambia closing the border over the weekend. “The Zambian party informed the Congolese party that the border will be reopened, in order...
Quincy Hall gets a gold in the Olympic 400 meters with yet another US comeback on the Paris track
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — As the flash of red, white and blue streaked past one sprinter — then the next, then the next — the American man delivering the latest out-of-nowhere comeback on the track said he had one thing going through his mind: “Get home, son! Get home, son!” ...
