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  • Monday, 23 January, 2023
    China is ‘barrier’ to ending Zambian debt crisis, says Janet Yellen

    US Treasury secretary wants progress from Beijing on deal that has taken ‘far too long’ to resolve

  • Monday, 16 January, 2023
    US foreign policy
    Yellen to visit African countries as US steps up overtures

    Washington is seeking to entice nations away from financial and resource ties to China

  • Saturday, 10 December, 2022
    Peter Hain
    Lead mining pollution in Zambia is an ESG test case

    Investors must decide where they sit in dispute over former Anglo American Kabwe mine

  • Wednesday, 19 October, 2022
    Glencore
    Zambia questions ex-minister over alleged Glencore political payment

    Anti-Corruption Commission probe in African nation is latest headache for trading house

  • Thursday, 6 October, 2022
    Global Economy
    Zambia’s chance to set the global financial architecture

    Where Lusaka leads, others will follow?

  • Wednesday, 7 September, 2022
    FT News Briefing podcast9 min listen
    EU wants tax to fight ‘astronomic’ electricity bills

    Zambia’s $1.3bn IMF bailout to test how China handles defaults

  • Tuesday, 6 September, 2022
    Zambia seeks $8bn debt relief

    Lusaka’s demand, after it secured an IMF bailout, will test China’s willingness to accept writedowns

  • Thursday, 1 September, 2022
    Zambia’s $1.3bn IMF bailout to test how China handles defaults

    Beijing was Lusaka’s biggest creditor with $6bn in loans before southern African country’s default in 2020

  • Saturday, 30 July, 2022
    China agrees landmark debt relief deal for Zambia

    Agreement between official creditors paves way for IMF bailout and sets precedent for other troubled economies

  • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
    Behind the Money podcast17 min listen
    Is Sri Lanka’s economic crisis a canary in the coal mine?

    The south Asian nation is facing dire fuel and food shortages amid ongoing economic and political crises. What does that mean for the rest of the world?

  • Tuesday, 28 June, 2022
    Chinese economy
    China’s pivotal role under scrutiny as Zambia seeks debt relief

    Restructuring closely watched by other countries for signs of how Beijing will respond to defaults

  • Wednesday, 18 May, 2022
    Vanessa Nakate
    Debt suffocates African nations’ ability to respond to climate change

    Bondholders are preventing low-income countries from protecting vulnerable populations

  • Monday, 9 May, 2022
    Mining
    First Quantum to make biggest foreign investment in Zambia in a decade

    Miner to spend $1.25bn on copper project expansion as country’s president seeks to revive economy

  • Wednesday, 4 May, 2022
    The Commodities NotePeter Leon
    Zambia must restore foreign confidence to revitalise its mining sector

    The government needs to assure overseas capital that the country is a safe and secure place to invest

  • Tuesday, 15 February, 2022
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    The Covid aftermath requires sovereign debt restructuring

    Better mechanisms are needed to help Sri Lanka, Zambia and others resolve their debts

  • Sunday, 30 January, 2022
    Interview
    Zambia’s president vows not to favour Chinese creditors in restructuring

    Debt challenge seen as test of whether Beijing will accept losses from loans made to Africa

  • Friday, 3 December, 2021
    Zambia agrees $1.4bn bailout with IMF

    Landmark deal marks first step towards securing debt relief from Chinese and other creditors

  • Wednesday, 10 November, 2021
    InterviewAfrican economy
    Zambia’s new president tackles debt mountain and empty treasury

    After bond default in 2020, Hichilema must reassure investors he can stabilise the copper-rich nation

  • Monday, 16 August, 2021
    Zambia’s opposition leader wins presidential election

    Incumbent Edgar Lungu accepts results as Hakainde Hichilema sweeps to victory

  • Wednesday, 11 August, 2021
    News in-depthAfrican politics
    Zambia braced for tight election race ahead of IMF bailout talks

    Southern African nation heads to the polls against backdrop of debt crisis

  • Tuesday, 3 August, 2021
    The Commodities NoteJames Otto
    Resource-rich countries need to get their mining tax systems right

    Governments should implement policies that both encourage investment and fill state coffers

  • Friday, 18 June, 2021
    ObituaryKenneth Kaunda
    Kenneth Kaunda, founding president of Zambia, 1924-2021

    Independence leader who fought white rule and helped shape postcolonial southern Africa

  • Thursday, 17 June, 2021
    Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia’s founding president, dies aged 97

    Leader governed with iron fist for decades but became example to region’s strongmen by restoring democracy

  • Sunday, 14 March, 2021
    Commodities
    Zambia’s state miner on lookout for deals

    ZCCM aims to take ‘strategic’ stakes and operate assets

  • Sunday, 31 January, 2021
    Coronavirus pandemic
    Covid deaths in Africa higher than official count, Zambia study suggests

    Research from Lusaka morgue points to routine undercounting of fatalities

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