Area Total | 752,618 sq km |
Climate | tropical; modified by altitude; rainy season (October to April) |
Natural Resources | coal, iron ore, limestone, magnesite, graphite, copper, zinc, lead, precious metals,hydropower |
Imports | South Africa 28.2%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 20.8%, China 12.9%, Kuwait 5.4%, UAE 4.6% (2017) – machinery, transportation equipment, petroleum products, electricity, fertilizer, foodstuffs, clothing |
Exports | Switzerland 44.8%, China 16.1%, Democratic Republic of the Congo 6.2%, Singapore 6%, South Africa 5.9% (2017) – copper/cobalt, cobalt, electricity; tobacco, flowers, cotton |
Government | presidential republic |
Capital | Lusaka |
Population | 17,426,623 (July 2020 est.) |
Ethnicity | Bemba 21%, Tonga 13.6%, Chewa 7.4%, Lozi 5.7%, Nsenga 5.3%, Tumbuka 4.4%, Ngoni 4%, Lala 3.1%, Kaonde 2.9%, Namwanga 2.8%, Lunda (north Western) 2.6%, Mambwe 2.5%, Luvale 2.2%, Lamba 2.1%, Ushi 1.9%, Lenje 1.6%, Bisa 1.6%, Mbunda 1.2%, other 13.8%, unspecified 0.4% (2010 est.) |
Language | Bemba 33.4%, Nyanja 14.7%, Tonga 11.4%, Lozi 5.5%, Chewa 4.5%, Nsenga 2.9%, Tumbuka 2.5%, Lunda (North Western) 1.9%, Kaonde 1.8%, Lala 1.8%, Lamba 1.8%, English (official) 1.7%, Luvale 1.5%, Mambwe 1.3%, Namwanga 1.2%, Lenje 1.1%, Bisa 1%, other 9.7%, unspecified 0.2% (2010 est.) |
News about Zambia
- 492 first-year Chalimbana University students get loansby Chief Editor (Lusaka Times-Zambia's Leading Online News Site – LusakaTimes.com) on September 17, 2025
The Higher Education Loans and Scholarships Board (HELSB) has awarded student loans to 492 first year students at Chalimbana University for the 2025/2026 academic year. According to a press statement released by HELSB Corporate Affairs Manager, Chiselwa Kawanda, the board received a total of 1,687 applications for loans and after screening, 1,469 […]
- Konkola Copper Mines Clarifies On $2.5bn Investmentby Chief Editor (Lusaka Times-Zambia's Leading Online News Site – LusakaTimes.com) on September 17, 2025
Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) Plc wishes to clarify that the article published by the Zambia Monitor on 15 September 2025, titled “Konkola Copper Mines Unveils $2.5bn Expansion Plan to Unlock 16 million Tonnes of Copper”, is factually incorrect and not based on any official communication from the Company. KCM reiterates that no official statement has The […]
- Gauteng High Court Rejects Lungu Family’s Appeal Against State Burial in Zambiaby Chief Editor (Lusaka Times-Zambia's Leading Online News Site – LusakaTimes.com) on September 17, 2025
The Gauteng High Court in Pretoria has dismissed, with costs, an application by the family of former Zambian President Edgar Lungu seeking leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Appeal. The family had challenged an earlier ruling that granted the Zambian government the right to repatriate Lungu’s body for a state funeral and burial. The post Gauteng […]
- Two witch doctors jailed for ploting to bewitch President Hichilemaby Chief Editor (Lusaka Times-Zambia's Leading Online News Site – LusakaTimes.com) on September 16, 2025
The Lusaka Magistrates Court has sentenced two witch doctors to 24 months in prison for attempting to bewitch President Hakainde Hichilema. Magistrate Fine Mayambu sentenced Jasten Mabulesse Candunde, 42, a Mozambican national, and Leonard Phiri, 43, a Zambian from Sinda district in Eastern Province, to 24 months’ imprisonment for the first count of […]
- Malanji files notice to appeal against convictionby Chief Editor (Lusaka Times-Zambia's Leading Online News Site – LusakaTimes.com) on September 16, 2025
Former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Joseph Malanji has filed a notice of appeal in the High Court against the conviction and his four-year prison sentence by the Lusaka Magistrate court. According to a notice of appeal filed by Mr Malanji’s lawyers, Messrs Makebi Zulu Advocates, the grounds of the appeal are that the trial magistrate, The post Malanji […]
- DMMU Moves to Secure Food Supplies Ahead of Rainy Seasonby Chief Editor (Lusaka Times-Zambia's Leading Online News Site – LusakaTimes.com) on September 16, 2025
The Disaster Management and Mitigation Unit (DMMU) has stepped up efforts to safeguard vulnerable households in hard-to-reach areas from food shortages during the rainy season. DMMU National Coordinator Norman Chipakupaku announced that government has allocated 10,181 metric tonnes of relief food, with 3,117 metric tonnes already prepositioned in strategic […]
- Mr President, Can you Please Pardon your “Bewitchers”?by Chief Editor (Lusaka Times-Zambia's Leading Online News Site – LusakaTimes.com) on September 16, 2025
By Chanda Chisala It’s ridiculous that we are even discussing this in 2025. Two men accused of trying to bewitch the president of Zambia through some kind of magic were arrested in December, 2024. The government used some old colonial era law that is somehow still on the books in modern Zambia. It is one The post Mr President, Can you Please Pardon your […]
- ZAMMSA Workers Threaten Industrial Action Over Delayed Agreementby Lusaka Times Editor (Lusaka Times-Zambia's Leading Online News Site – LusakaTimes.com) on September 15, 2025
ZAMMSA Workers Threaten Industrial Action Over Delayed Agreement Unionised employees at the Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency have warned that they will take industrial action if management does not immediately implement the collective bargaining agreement they say was concluded three months ago. In a letter dated September 4, 2025 addressed to […]
- Bank of Zambia Governor Calls for Deeper Financial Inclusionby Lusaka Times Editor (Lusaka Times-Zambia's Leading Online News Site – LusakaTimes.com) on September 15, 2025
Bank of Zambia Governor Calls for Deeper Financial Inclusion Bank of Zambia Governor Dr Denny Kalyalya has highlighted the importance of expanding financial inclusion, saying that while progress has been made, more work is required to ensure the banking sector serves the majority of citizens. Speaking at the 2025 Banking and Financial Services Conference in […]
- PF Demands Justice After Chisenga Assault in Parliamentby Lusaka Times Editor (Lusaka Times-Zambia's Leading Online News Site – LusakaTimes.com) on September 15, 2025
PF Demands Justice After Chisenga Assault in Parliament The Patriotic Front has demanded swift action following the reported assault of Mambilima Member of Parliament Jean Chisenga within the grounds of the National Assembly. The incident occurred on Friday while President Hakainde Hichilema was addressing the House, and has since become the subject of […]