President Hakainde Hichilema this morning officially welcomed Isaac Herzog, President of the State of Israel, who arrived in Zambia for a two-day State Visit aimed at strengthening cooperation between the two nations. The Israeli leader was greeted with full military honors, including a 21-gun salute.The visit by President Herzog is a reciprocal engagement following President Hichilema’s State Visit to Israel in 2023. It marks another significant step in advancing Zambia–Israel diplomatic and economic relations, which have been steadily growing in…

President Hakainde Hichilema was yesterday forced to cut short his address in Chingola District on the Copperbelt Province after security concerns emerged when a riot broke out during his engagement with residents at Chiwempala Market. According to a statement issued by the Zambia Police Service, the incident occurred around 14:50 hours when a group of unruly individuals began looting and attacking shops as the Head of State was still addressing the public. Police officers moved in to restore order, but…

LUSAKA — Zambia is set to receive Isaac Herzog, President of the State of Israel, who will undertake a State Visit to the Republic of Zambia from 10th to 11th November 2025, at the invitation of President Hakainde Hichilema. The visit, announced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, comes as a reciprocal gesture following President Hichilema’s State Visit to Israel in June 2023. It marks a significant milestone in strengthening the long-standing bilateral relations between the two…

Anticipation is running high as the nation gears up for Zambia’s most iconic football showdown, the Kitwe Derby, with President Hakainde Hichilema set to grace the high-stakes encounter between Nkana FC and Power Dynamos at the Levy Mwanawasa Stadium on Saturday, 8th November 2025. In a remarkable show of support for local football and community spirit, President Hichilema has purchased 30,000 tickets to ensure fans fill up the 40,000-seater facility in Ndola. The gesture has been hailed by supporters and…

25 August 2025, Lusaka – African ministers of health gathering in the Zambian capital Lusaka today opened the Seventy-fifth session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa, the highest decision-making body on health on the continent. The ministers from the 47 countries of the WHO African Region, meeting from 25 to 27 August 2025, will deliberate on measures to address challenges as well as endorse key resolutions to improve and promote people’s health. Opening the meeting, Zambia’s…

Lusaka, 22 June 2025 — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent his Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Ozzy Lamola, to Lusaka as a special envoy to convey condolences and discuss matters surrounding the burial of Zambia’s late President Edgar Chagwa Lungu. Minister Lamola paid a courtesy call on President Hakainde Hichilema, delivering a message of sympathy from the South African government and people. The visit also served as a platform for dialogue on the late President Lungu’s…

Lusaka, Thursday, 19 June 2025 — President Hakainde Hichilema has announced the end of the national mourning period for Zambia’s 6th Republican President, the late Mr. Edgar Chagwa Lungu, following what he described as a regrettable reversal of funeral arrangements by the former President’s family. In a televised address to the nation on Wednesday evening, President Hichilema said the country had marked 14 days of mourning with dignity and patience, but now needed to return to normalcy. “As of the…

On March 8, 2025, as Zambia celebrated Women’s Day in Kasama, Northern province, Zambia, President Hakainde Hichilema dropped a political bombshell: the nation’s constitution, he declared, would be amended before the 2026 general elections. Four days later, addressing youth day commemorations in Mongu, Western Province, Zambia, he doubled down, promising changes to the constitution to boost representation and fix electoral “gaps.” Today Zambia finds itself in the throes of a fierce debate, one that pits the promise of progress against…

In a historic and culturally significant ceremony on March 1, 2025, Baroness Patricia Scotland, the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth; a 56-nation organization promoting democracy and development, was installed as the Senior Headwoman Butambo of Bweengwa Village in the Hamusonde Chiefdom, Monze District, Southern Province, Zambia. The coronation, presided over by His Royal Highness Chief Hamusonde, marked a rare honor for an international figure and underscored Scotland’s deep ties to Zambia. The previous day, on February 28, 2025, President Hakainde Hichilema…

Multitudes of people thronged the National Stadium in Gaborone, Botswana’s capital city, on Friday to witness the inauguration of Duma Boko as the southern African country’s sixth president. Boko promised that his government would create a brighter tomorrow with support from the citizens during the ceremony. “We will create the Botswana we all desire. You have given me strength and hope, and I am prepared to return strength and hope to you a thousandfold. I say to you, dare to…