Meet 27-time champions set to compete for title in Morocco

Meet 27-time champions set to compete for title in Morocco

The lineup for the 35th edition of the CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), scheduled to take place in Morocco from 21 December 2025 to 18 January 2026, is now complete. This highly anticipated tournament will see 27-time champions among its contenders, with 12 previous winners among the qualified teams: Egypt, Nigeria, Cameroon, Senegal, Morocco, … Read more

Voddie Baucham to return to native US after decade in Zambia

Voddie Baucham to return to native US after decade in Zambia

By Jon Brown, Christian Post Reporter Tuesday, November 12, 2024 Voddie Baucham, above, announced Monday that he and his family will be returning to the United States after spending a decade in Lusaka, Zambia. | Baptist Press/Adam Covington Pastor and bestselling author Voddie T. Baucham announced Monday that he and his family will be returning … Read more

UN agency raises 20% of needed African drought aid

UN agency raises 20% of needed African drought aid

HARARE, Zimbabwe —  The U.N. World Food Program has faced challenges in raising $400 million for its Southern Africa drought response, collecting just one-fifth of what it needs to help seven countries in the region, a WFP spokesperson said on Tuesday. The funding environment had become increasingly difficult as drought has dramatically raised the region’s … Read more

Nigerians dominate African Writing Award shortlist

Nigerians dominate African Writing Award shortlist

Three Nigerian writers, Samuel Kolawole, Uche Okonkwo, and Pemi Aguda, have been shortlisted for the 2024 Caine Prize for African Writing. The Caine Prize for African Writing is an annual literary prize for the best short story by an African writer, whether in Africa or elsewhere, published in English. The Caine Prize for African Writing … Read more

Arise News channel debuts in South Africa, nine other countries

Arise News channel debuts in South Africa, nine other countries

The management of Arise News, operated by Arise Broadcasting Limited, has announced that the news channel is now live in South Africa and nine other countries on the continent. In a statement signed by its Chief of Staff to the Chairman/Editor-in-Chief, Fauziya Mohammed, the management disclosed that the news channel is available on Multichoice/DSTV Channel … Read more

Coral reefs, the elusive dugong and a wealth of other marine life in Mozambique’s Bazaruto Archipelago

Coral reefs, the elusive dugong and a wealth of other marine life in Mozambique’s Bazaruto Archipelago

Also known as sea cows, their rotund bodies, vacuum-cleaner snouts, stumpy flippers, leathery grey skin and wrinkles of blubber make them unlikely stand-ins for the graceful mermaid. Dugong have been hunted to near extinction for their meat, oil and skin. Photo: Shutterstock Yet these clumsy creatures are widely thought to be the inspiration for the … Read more

Wales is getting its first Black leader – POLITICO

Wales is getting its first Black leader – POLITICO

“Today, we turn a page in the book of our nation’s history. A history we write together. Not just because I have the honour of becoming the first Black leader in any European country — but because the generational dial has jumped too,” he told party members. Born in the former British colony of Zambia, … Read more

Zambia Rolls Out New HIV Prevention Medicine

Zambia Rolls Out New HIV Prevention Medicine

Zambia has received the first shipment of a new medicine to prevent HIV infection. The delivery makes Zambia only the second country in the world after the United States to offer the injectable preventative outside of a research setting. Kathy Short reports from Lusaka, Zambia. Camera and video editing by Richard Kille. Read original article … Read more

Bill Gates-backed startup confident it can unearth more battery metals

Bill Gates-backed startup confident it can unearth more battery metals

Copper plates on wagons ready for onward shipping at the Mufulira refinery, operated by Mopani Copper Mines Plc, in Mufulira, Zambia, on Friday, May 6, 2022. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images KoBold Metals, a mining startup backed by billionaires including Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, is bullish on the discovery potential of some of the most … Read more

As Alcohol Abuse Rises in Zambia, Authorities Pledge to Enforce Regulation

As Alcohol Abuse Rises in Zambia, Authorities Pledge to Enforce Regulation

The World Health Organization says that in Zambia over 70% of men and over 30% of women are drinking too much, too often. Some nonprofit organizations are intervening to help those on the path to recovery from alcohol addiction. Kathy Short reports from Lusaka, Zambia. Video editor: Elias Chulu Read original article here Denial of … Read more