Zambia
INTERNATIONAL: Food crisis represents long-term shift
The IMF and World Bank yesterday called for global action on the growing food crisis. Since 2005,...
InternationalAFRICA: Food prices highlight supply-side solutions
On April 9, World Bank President Robert Zoellick warned that rising food prices threaten the...
AfricaANGOLA/ZAMBIA: Governments pursue copperbelt rail link
President Levy Mwanawasa said yesterday that his government will extend Zambia's rail and road...
AngolaZAMBIA: Smelter strike stokes anti-China sentiment
Striking workers at the Chinese-owned Chambishi Smelter rioted today, temporarily taking some...
ZambiaINTERNATIONAL: Metals rise on investors' assumptions
The weakening dollar, amid expectations of looser US monetary policy, yesterday pushed copper and...
InternationalZAMBIA: Government bets on new taxes to raise revenues
In the short term, the tax increases will raise an additional 400 million dollars in government...
ZambiaSOUTHERN AFRICA: Eskom exports its energy shortfall
South Africa's Eskom on January 31 reneged on a commitment to the mining industry to increase...
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Floods raise food security fears
Heavy rains and flooding in Southern Africa are jeopardising food security in the region. ...
