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Anglo American emerges victorious as lead-poisoned children in Zambia lose landmark lawsuit

Anglo American emerges victorious as lead-poisoned children in Zambia lose landmark lawsuit

South African court dismisses a major lawsuit by 140,000 Zambian women and children against Anglo American for Kabwe lead poisoning. A setback for affected communities enduring the lasting impact of lead contamination.

Environment
Chilekwa Mumba fights against the mining company Vedanta Resources

Chilekwa Mumba fights against the mining company Vedanta Resources

Chilekwa Mumba is a Zambian is an environmental activist and community organizer. He is known for having organized a successful lawsuit against UK-based mining companies.

Environment
Africa’s largest bat migration is under threat

Africa’s largest bat migration is under threat

Every year, African straw-coloured fruit bats migrate to Kasanka National Park from the Democratic Republic of Congo to pollinate and feed on wild fruits.

Environment
Zambia approves a controversial mine despite huge opposition

Zambia approves a controversial mine despite huge opposition

A huge open-cast copper mine in the heart of the Lower Zambezi National Park threatens to obliterate the ecosystem and millions of livelihoods.

Environment
The 2020 US elections seen from around the world of sustainability

The 2020 US elections seen from around the world of sustainability

With a clearer picture of the results, how have countries across the world reacted to the 2020 US elections? What expectations face president-elect Biden?

2020 US Elections
Coronavirus in Africa, Zambia and others torn between fragile economies and healthcare systems

Coronavirus in Africa, Zambia and others torn between fragile economies and healthcare systems

The coronavirus in Africa could completely overwhelm healthcare systems neglected for years. Yet Zambia has refrained from imposing the type of far-reaching lockdown seen in nations such as South Africa.

Coronavirus
Zambia cancels plans to build open-pit Kangaluwi copper mine in a national park

Zambia cancels plans to build open-pit Kangaluwi copper mine in a national park

The Zambian government has announced that construction of the open-pit Kangaluwi copper mine in Lower Zambezi National Park won’t proceed, following strong backlash against the project’s prior approval.

Environment
The drought in Zambia is causing starvation, a power crisis and threatening the Victoria Falls

The drought in Zambia is causing starvation, a power crisis and threatening the Victoria Falls

An estimated 2.3 million people in Zambia are on the brink of starvation, threatened by a severe drought caused by dwindling rainfall, which its president Edgar Lungu has explicitly linked to climate change, though some scientists add that we should be cautious to make this connection. The catastrophe has also curbed hydropower at the Kariba Dam, affecting over 81

Environment
Southern African states threaten to quit CITES over restrictions on the ivory trade

Southern African states threaten to quit CITES over restrictions on the ivory trade

Botswana, Namibia and Zimbabwe are home to the world’s largest African elephant population and have put forward a motion for the right to sell ivory acquired through natural deaths, confiscations and culling under certain conditions. Zambia, on its part, has proposed being allowed to sell its raw ivory and permit trade in hunting trophies for non-commercial

Environment
Zambia cancels plans to dam the Luangwa, one of Africa’s longest free-flowing rivers

Zambia cancels plans to dam the Luangwa, one of Africa’s longest free-flowing rivers

A large dam along the Luangwa River in Zambia would have posed a serious risk to local people and wildlife, leading hundreds of thousands to oppose it. A call to which the government responded by halting plans to build it.

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