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Following an informal summit with Presidents Félix Tshisekedi Hakainde Hichilema and João Lourenço on 4 December the White House pledged an additional US$600 million in financing for projects related to the Lobito Corridor the 1 300-kilometre railway line connecting the mineral and oil-rich parts of Angola Zambia and Congo-Kinshasa...
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Congo-K's President Félix Tshisekedi and Zambia's Hakainde Hichilema were among the first African leaders on 6 November to congratulate Trump on his victory...
It follows his charge made to Russia's President Vladimir Putin at an international trade fair in St Petersburg in June that President Hakainde Hichilema in neighbouring Zambia was conspiring with ‘western powers' to overthrow the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) government (Dispatches 11/6/24 Praising Moscow Mnangagwa accuses US of backing Zambia's military)...
Angered by a raft of allegations against senior officials President Hakainde Hichilema has dissolved the board of the country's Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC)...
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Vol 65 No 14 |
- TANZANIA
- ZAMBIA
The drought has led to a major drop in water levels at Zambia's hydroelectric power plants in response to which President Hakainde Hichilema's government plans to import electricity from Tanzania...
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President Hakainde Hichilema has more than two years – the next national elections are in 2026 – to conclude an IMF programme and boost copper output and the economy...
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He has called for an early election and accused his successor Hakainde Hichilema of economic mismanagement...
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Vol 65 No 7 |
- GHANA
- ZAMBIA
President Hakainde Hichilema's government appears to have taken a big step forward towards a major debt agreement after reaching a deal on Monday with a group of private creditors to restructure US$3 billion of its international bonds...
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Investor confidence has grown since the United Party for National Development led by President Hakainde Hichilema won a landslide win in August 2021 but finding a resolution to the country's crippling debts has been slow...
After its two year-long attempt to restructure US$4 billion in dollar bonds fell apart last November President Hakainde Hichilema's government has been turning to its mining industry to bolster investor confidence...
Copperbelt sources are more circumspect about the qualities of Zambia's Mines Minister Paul Kabuswe who was the government's star turn at the Cape Town Mining Indaba appearing on four or five panels a day once President Hakainde Hichilema had flown back to Lusaka...