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[Nyasa Times] Malawi will look to secure a place in the quarter-finals of the Women's Africa Cup of Nations for the first time when they face Zambia in their final Group C match on Wednesday, in a fixture that could go a long way to deciding who progresses from a tightly-poised group.

[Premium Times] An early clinical finish from star forward Asisat Oshoala proved to be the decisive goal.

[allAfrica] Rio de Janeiro, Brazil -- For decades, South Africa has been at the epicentre of the global HIV epidemic. Today, it is becoming the testing ground for what many scientists believe could be the most important advance in HIV prevention since daily pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP): a twice-yearly injection that has shown almost complete protection against HIV.

[CAF] Barbra Banda delivered a captain's performance of the highest order as Zambia opened their TotalEnergies CAF Women's Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2026 campaign with a commanding 6-0 victory over Egypt at the Olympic Stadium in Rabat on Tuesday.

[IFJ] Macpherson Mukuka is a journalist who works with the state media outlet, the Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation (ZNBC). According to the reports of local media, he is being held at the Kabwata Police Station in Lusaka, since 17 July, for "Prohibition of recording a private conversation without prior notice", contrary to Section 10 of the Cyber Crimes Act No.4 of 2025.

[Radio Dalsan] Zambian authorities have intercepted seven Somali nationals who were concealed beneath bags of rice in a vehicle bound for Zimbabwe, in the latest crackdown on irregular migration along a key southern African smuggling corridor.

[UN News] The world's shift to clean energy is driving huge demand for critical minerals such as lithium, nickel, cobalt and copper.

[Global Witness] A Global Witness investigation finds evidence that First Quantum Minerals and its associates have run a decades-long covert influence campaign over Zambia's democracy, bankrolling President Hichilema, with revenues diverted away from the copper-rich nation's indebted economy and its people

[CPJ] Lusaka -- The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Zambian authorities to immediately release journalist MacPherson Mukuka after four days in detention and not to criminalize journalism carried out in the public interest.

[Nyasa Times] A monster on the run after allegedly slaughtering his wife and their one-year-old son in a chilling suspected ritual killing has been caught just before he could flee the country.

[Spotlight Initiative] CHINSALI DISTRICT, Zambia - An empty desk in a classroom can easily go unnoticed. But for Mr. Friday Nkonde, Head Teacher at Tongotongo Secondary School in Chinsali District, it told a story that could not be ignored. A student who had diligently attended class had suddenly stopped coming to school. Determined to find out why, Mr. Nkonde traced her whereabouts and uncovered a heartbreaking reality: the young girl had been forced into marriage.

[CAF] After finishing third in 2022 and falling short of expectations at the 2024 edition, Zambia head to the TotalEnergies CAF Women's Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2026 determined to establish themselves among Africa's elite.

[Cosafa] Football Association of Zambia (FAZ) is saddened to learn of the death of former Copper Queens coach Bruce Mwape.

[allAfrica] As Zambia moves toward its 2026 general election, the contest is increasingly being framed not as a clash of ideologies, but as a national assessment of performance, expectations, and credibility.

[Nigeria Health Watch] Inside a small laboratory at the University Teaching Hospital in Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, a technician splits a sputum sample in two. Half goes into a GeneXpert machine, the workhorse of tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis in Zambia. The other half goes into a near-point-of-care molecular device, small enough to sit beside a phone, powered by battery or external power, and capable of delivering results in under an hour.

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