Zambia to vote as economic hardship tests government reforms
Debt restructuring, inflation and copper revenues are emerging as key issues in the vote.

Debt restructuring, inflation and copper revenues are emerging as key issues in the vote.








Report says more than 95 percent of children in the central town of Kabwe had elevated levels of lead in their blood.
From 2020-2024, fish production dropped 20% in the world’s longest freshwater lake serving Tanzania and its neighbours.
For far too long the Zambian and other African governments have prioritised urban over rural communities.
More than 27 million lives affected by worst drought in a century, with 21 million children malnourished, says WFP.

Sepo Kawana is a creative force, designing and creating fashionable wares, making music and promoting local products.
With women’s football one of the most hotly contested sports at Paris 2024, Al Jazeera runs through five names to watch.
With essential drugs and specialised care expensive or unavailable, poor Zimbabweans opt to travel long distances.

Rising income inequality is a hot topic dominating the national elections.

People and Power travels to Zambia to investigate one of the world’s worst ‘sacrifice zones’.