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FILE - Zambia's President Edgar Chagwa Lungu addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Court rules former Zambian leader Lungu can’t run for president again in 2026 election

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FILE - James Tshuma, a farmer in Mangwe district in southwestern Zimbabwe, stands in the middle of his dried up crop field amid a drought, in Zimbabwe, Friday, March, 22, 2024. Zimbabwe declared a state of disaster Wednesday, April 3, 2024, over a devastating drought that's sweeping across much of southern Africa, with the country’s president saying it needs $2 billion for humanitarian assistance. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)

Zimbabwe declares drought disaster, the latest in a region where El Nino has left millions hungry

By Farai Mutsaka - Associated Press

FILE - Zambian Foreign Minister Stanley Kakubo participates in a memorandum of understanding signing ceremony with U.S. Secretary Antony Blinken and Democratic Republic of the Congo Foreign Minister Christophe Lutundula in Washington, Dec. 13, 2022. Zambian anti-corruption authorities say they will investigate after a video on social media allegedly showed the country’s foreign minister receiving piles of cash from a Chinese businessman. Foreign Minister Stanley Kakubo resigned on Tuesday Dec. 28, 2023, but denied wrongdoing and said he had stepped down because he didn’t want the issue to be a distraction for the government. (Evelyn Hockstein/Pool via AP, File)

Anti-corruption authorities to investigate Zambia’s foreign minister over cash-counting video

By Noel Sichalwe - Associated Press

Pope Francis delivers his message as he meets with Vatican employees for the season greetings at the Vatican, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Some Catholic bishops reject Pope’s stance on blessings for same-sex couples. Others are confused

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

Government officials and miners are seen at the scene of the mine rescue mission on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023 in Chingola, around 400 kilometres (248 miles) north of the capital Lusaka, Zambia. Seven miners were confirmed dead and more than 20 others were missing and presumed dead after heavy rains caused landslides that buried them inside tunnels they had been digging illegally at a copper mine in Zambia, police and local authorities said Saturday. (AP Photo)

A survivor is pulled out of a Zambian mine nearly a week after being trapped. Dozens remain missing

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Zambia's head coach Bruce Mwape stands by the touchline during the Women's World Cup Group C soccer match between Spain and Zambia at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand, Wednesday, July 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)

FIFA investigates misconduct complaint involving Zambia Women’s World Cup team

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Zambia's Barbra Banda, second right, is congratulated by teammate Agness Musase after scoring her team's second goal from a penalty during the Women's World Cup Group C soccer match between Costa Rica and Zambia in Hamilton, New Zealand, Monday, July 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Cornaga)

Zambia’s Barbra Banda scores the 1,000th goal in Women’s World Cup history

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Japan's Hikaru Naomoto, second left, celebrates after scoring her team's first goal during the Women's World Cup Group C soccer match between Japan and Costa Rica in Dunedin, New Zealand, Wednesday, July 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Two goals in 2 minutes help Japan beat Costa Rica 2-0 at Women’s World Cup

By Ellen McIntyre - Associated Press

Zambia's goalkeeper Eunice Sakala waits to face a penalty kick from Japan's Riko Ueki during the Women's World Cup Group C soccer match between Zambia and Japan in Hamilton, New Zealand, Saturday, July 22, 2023. (AP Photo/John Cowpland )

Zambia turns to 3rd goalkeeper ahead of Spain at Women’s World Cup

By Zach Allen - Associated Press

Zambia's Margaret Belemu attempts to run past Japan's Kiko Seike, right, during the Women's World Cup Group C soccer match between Zambia and Japan in Hamilton, New Zealand, Saturday, July 22, 2023. (AP Photo/John Cowpland)

Japan cruises to 5-0 opening win over Zambia at Women’s World Cup

By Luke Vargas - Associated Press

Zambian players celebrate after scoring their side's second goal during the women's international soccer match between Germany and Zambia at Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer in Furth, Germany, Friday July 7, 2023. (Daniel Karmann/dpa via AP)

Coach of Zambia Women’s World Cup team accused of sexual misconduct, report claims

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

Brazil's Rafaelle, left, and Zambia's Babra Banda battle for the ball during a women's soccer match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

A player’s mistreatment exposes flawed sex eligibility rules used by FIFA at Women’s World Cup

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press

Sri Lankan Buddhist monks wait for the arrival of President Mahinda Rajapaksa at the Mattala Rajapaksa International Air Port in Mattala, Sri Lanka, Monday, March 18, 2013. The Chinese-funded airport built in the president’s hometown away from most of the country’s population is so barely used that elephants have been spotted wandering on its tarmac. (AP Photo/Sanka Gayashan, File)

China’s loans pushing world’s poorest countries to brink of collapse

By Bernard Condon - Associated Press

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, second right, is greeted by traditional dancers after landing in Lusaka, Zambia, Friday March 31, 2023. Harris is on the last leg of a a seven-day African visit that took her to Ghana and Tanzania. (AP Photo/Salim Dawood)

Harris visits site of grandfather’s old home in Zambia

By Chris Megerian - Associated Press

Vice President Kamala Harris answers a question about her upcoming trip to Africa, after swearing in Eric Garcetti as Ambassador to India, Friday, March 24, 2023, in her ceremonial office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Vice President Harris’ trip aims to deepen U.S. ties in Africa

By Chris Megerian - Associated Press

A child receives a polio vaccine, during the Malawi Polio Vaccination Campaign Launch in Lilongwe Malawi, Sunday March 20, 2022. A drive to vaccinate more than 9 million children against polio has been launched this week in four countries in southern and eastern Africa after an outbreak was confirmed in Malawi. (AP Photo/Thoko Chikondi)

9 million children to be vaccinated against polio in Africa

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FILE — In this Sept. 25, 2019 file photo, Zambian President Edgar Chagwa Lungu addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Zambia faces a Friday, Nov. 13, 2020 deadline to clear debt owed to external investors who have rejected the country's request for deferral of an overdue $42.5 million interest payment amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)

Zambia says it will default on debt owed private investors

By NOEL SICHALWE and RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

FILE — In this Feb. 6, 2020, file photo, a man tries on a face mask at a pharmacy in Kitwe, Zambia. Facing financial difficulties aggravated by the coronavirus pandemic, the southern African nation of Zambia seems to be headed for a default on debt owed to private investors. (AP Photo/Emmanuel Mwiche, File)

Zambia’s risk of default highlights Africa’s debt crisis

By RODNEY MUHUMUZA - Associated Press

In this Feb. 6, 2020, photo, a security guard stands outside of the Sino-Zambia Friendship Hospital in Kitwe, Zambia. The coronavirus that has spread through much of China has yet to be diagnosed in Africa, but global health authorities are increasingly worried about the threat as health workers on the ground warn they are not ready to handle an outbreak. (AP Photo/Emmanuel Mwiche)

‘We’re definitely not prepared’: Africa braces for new virus

By DAKE KANG and NOEL SICHALWE and CARA ANNA - Associated Press

US ambassador ‘horrified’ by Zambia sentence for gay couple

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