Zambia

Zambia: Power Problems Put Nation in the Dark

Date: June 17th, 2009 |

The entire country suffered blackouts over a two-week period, first when Zesco, the national power company, shut down two of its six generators at the Kafue Gorge hydropower station when a massive accumulation of weeds blocked the water flow, then June 15 when a substation that provides Zambia’s main power supply failed. Workers restored power [read more]

Zambia

Date: November 4th, 2003 |

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The recent experience of an American affiliated with the U.S. Embassy in Lusaka is a good reminder to keep your car doors locked when driving here, or anywhere in the world where street crime and car-jacking is rampant. At about noon he was waiting at a red light when someone opened the door and tried [read more]

Zambia/Zimbabwe: Zambia Fears Mass Exodus from Zimbabwe Because of Election Violence

Date: June 19th, 2008 |

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Authorities in Zambia are fearful of a mass exodus of immigrants from Zimbabwe in the aftermath of Zimbabwe’s run-off presidential election June 27. President Robert Mugabe appears determined not to let a possible election defeat remove him from power and has threatened to “go to war” to prevent opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai and his party [read more]