GENEVA (voa) – The U.N. children’s fund says a new report shows a dramatic drop in life expectancy in Zambia, one of six southern African nations severely affected by AIDS, drought and famine. A ...

In Zambia, less than half of the country’s population of approximately 16 million had adequate sanitation in 2014. Lusaka, the capital, faced severe sanitation issues, with frequent disease outbreaks ...

Life expectancy has fallen to 33 years in Zambia, making it the lowest in the world. According to new government figures the average life expectancy fell from 44 to 33 years of age between 1990 and ...

A near-nationwide power outage hit Zambia earlier this year, knocking out electricity in both the capital in Lusaka and the Copperbelt mining region in the north. A few months later, the power utility ...