Webster Katope*, 43, a pastor from Lusaka who is married with three children, found out he had tuberculosis (TB) in 2007. He talked to IRIN/PlusNews...

With no end in sight to rising global food prices, families across southern Africa are being forced to tighten their belts. “Everything is very...

Clara Moyo, 50, has 11 children and three grandchildren. She went back to school a few years ago, and is now in grade 10 at the same secondary school...

Zambia's open-door investment policy is coming under criticism from rights activists for passing on the real cost of development to the poor, who are...

A public health scare sparked by allegations that batches of the injectible contraceptive, Depro-Provera, contained the HIV virus has exposed deep...

Zambia's mines are coming under increasing and sustained criticism for repeatedly polluting drinking water sources in the Copperbelt mining region,...

The high level of gender-based violence in Zambia is preventing many women from accessing HIV/AIDS services, according to a new report by global...

Aid agencies have called on Zambia's government to step up disaster preparedness to deal with possible widespread flooding forecast by the...

Hosting many of southern Africa's liberation movements left Zambia with a legacy of landmines that is hampering development, says The International...

Zambia's elderly population are faced with a double jeopardy: they are either shunned by communities as witchcraft practitioners or, with little or...