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)...

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...

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...

Despite surging into government on a wave of popular relief at the departure of President Edgar Lungu's haphazard venal government in August 2021 Zambians still await with dwindling patience the fulfilment of the election promises of President Hakainde Hichilema and his United Party for National Development (UPND)...