GOVERNMENT has warned that the country is at risk of a timber deficit if the excessive cutting down of trees is not curbed.

GOVERNMENT has strengthened the law against street vending and public nuisances and has added 33 new offences, bringing the total to 55 in the amended Act Number 10 of 2018.

Shang’ombo District Commissioner Captain Lawrence Nyambe has disclosed that the district in Western Province is likely to be affected by hunger this year due to poor rains experienced in the distri

Rapid urbanisation and associated changes in people’s lifestyle means Africa faces a growing obesity problem.

Zimba district in Southern Province is susceptible to experience another water crisis if rains do not intensify.

Ministry of Health Permanent Secretary Dr.

Zambian environmentalist activists have accused the country's government of mismanaging Lusaka's water system and causing an outbreak of cholera.

Zambia says it has made progress in containing a cholera outbreak that has killed about 70 people in the southern African nation since October.

A major insurance scheme launched on Thursday aims to help up to 4 million poor people in Africa and Asia rebuild their lives after climate disasters, its backers said.