Zambia | ISS Africa

29 Jul 2024 / by Tunji Namaiko

Cracks emerge in Hichilema’s bold anti-corruption platform

The president’s dissolution of the anti-graft unit’s board raises questions as senior officials fall under the corruption spotlight.

13 Mar 2024 / by David Willima

Blue economies could take Zambia from landlocked to ‘land-linked’

There is immense potential for Zambia’s maritime ambitions to bolster the country’s sustainable development.

01 Dec 2023 / by Peter Fabricius

Pilot Zambian debt relief collapses

Failure of the protracted negotiations casts doubt on the G20 Common Framework for Debt Treatment.

23 Oct 2023 / by Isel Ras and Willem Els

Southern Africa’s security hinges on actioning its organised crime strategy

The prevalence of trafficking and financial crimes highlights the urgency of better controls and regional cooperation.

03 Jul 2023 / by Menzi Ndhlovu and and Ronak Gopaldas

Africa’s bond walls and ballot trains

A year of reckoning approaches, with 20 elections and a wall of over 10 bond redemptions due in 2024.

23 Jun 2023 / by Priyal Singh and Denys Reva

African peace mission: one step forward, one step back?

Although the initiative is a milestone in Africa’s response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a better organised, broader collective effort is needed.

14 Apr 2023 / by Peter Fabricius

Kamala Harris joins the pilgrimage to Africa

The Ukraine war elevated US interest in Africa, but the real global contest is with Beijing rather than Moscow.

03 Feb 2023 / by Peter Fabricius

Abstaining in absentia: does SADC have a common position on Ukraine?

Some Southern African states show that you can vote against Russian aggression and still remain non-aligned.

26 Sep 2022 / by Willis Okumu

Smugglers carve a niche in Africa’s rare rosewood

The harvesting of endangered rosewood to make furniture for China’s elite threatens the species with extinction.

22 Jul 2022 / by Peter Fabricius

Zambia on the brink of historic debt relief deal

The deal that Zambia strikes with its many international creditors could set a precedent for Africa.

11 Feb 2022 / by Peter Fabricius

A few hitches for Hichilema

The honeymoon for Zambia’s president is almost over, and his handling of tough economic challenges will be the test.

02 Nov 2021 / by Aimée-Noël Mbiyozo and Alize le Roux

Climate finance isn’t reaching Southern Africa’s most vulnerable

The region desperately needs climate adaptation funds but loses out to countries with strong institutional capacity and competitive markets.