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New GPS tracking on African wild dogs found they could travel long distances to find mates, but more than half did not survive the journey.
Teaching parents to play with their children is taking off in rural Zambia, but volunteers need better funding, training and support to reach every family.
Trade within the Southern African Development Community is an issue holding back agriculture.
How the re-elected government uses its new dominance will influence Zambian politics well beyond this election.
The country is likely to have a much stronger opposition to contend with after the 2026 polls.
In 2019 Zambia introduced a National Health Insurance Scheme to help more people access healthcare and move the country closer to universal health coverage.
Zed Beats artists aren’t known for political songs, but they’ve become so popular that they’re used to mobilise voters during elections.
An eight-country study assessed whether parenting programmes that were developed through research also work when offered at a wider scale in real-life conditions.
A child born into a community with a history of political unrest is at higher risk of abuse as they grow into a young adult.
Data labs in Zambia, South Africa and Uganda are deepening how governments understand the economies they are responsible for, and the people within them.
Early identification of abnormal heart rate and blood pressure is crucial to prevent maternal deaths from postpartum haemorrhage and maternal sepsis.
After years of drought, Lake Kariba’s rising waters are bringing relief to Zimbabwe and Zambia, boosting electricity, fishing, tourism and wildlife.
Adolescent girls and young women are at the heart of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa. They need to know their HIV status.
Nature reserve fences can protect wildlife and people, but they also break up natural landscapes, restrict animal movement, and affect nearby communities.
Zambia’s smallholder farmers face rising cases of heatstroke when working.
The 2026 Afcon’s on-field disturbances should not take away from its accomplishments.
Gold was the first attraction, but late in the 1500s the Portuguese became obsessed with the idea that there were silver mines in Africa.
Wastewater heat recovery, which recycles hot water from drains to preheat new water, could cut coal use, lower carbon emissions, and create local jobs in Zambia.
There’s a significant shift towards the recognition of customary rights and the strengthening of women’s land rights.
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Economics, Centre for Competition, Regulation & Economic Development, UJ, and at SOAS University of London; advisor Shamba Centre for Food & Climate, University of Johannesburg
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Associate professor, University of Gothenburg
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Researcher at Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Researcher, SAMRC/Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science- PRICELESS SA, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor in Residence of Global Health, Marquette University
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Professor and Programme Director, SA MRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science - PRICELESS SA (Priority Cost Effective Lessons in Systems Strengthening South Africa), University of the Witwatersrand
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Economist at Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development, University of Johannesburg
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MSU Foundation Professor, Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Michigan State University
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Postdoctoral fellow, Johns Hopkins University
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PhD Research Fellow – Finance, University of Greater Manchester