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African Lender Weighs Claiming Lloyd’s Payout on Zambia Debt
Mint
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August 9, 2025
(Bloomberg) -- TDB Group, an African trade and development lender, is considering claiming insurance on debt it’s owed by Zambia that has become entangled in a complex restructuring process. The southern African nation, which defaulted in 2020 and...
South African court orders former Zambian president Edgar Lungu’s burial in Zambia despite family’s objection
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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August 9, 2025
Pretoria [South Africa], August 9 (ANI): A South African high court has ruled that Zambia's former president Edgar Lungu, who died in South Africa, should be buried in Zambia against his family's wishes, Al Jazeera reported. Lungu's burial had...
GCC Facility Management Market To Reach USD 77.52 Billion By 2030, Growing At 5.22% CAGR Driven By Infrastructure Investments, Tourism Growth, And Smart Building Trends: Markntel Advisors
MENAFN
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August 25, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) NEW DELHI, Aug. 25, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The GCC Facility Management Market size valued at USD 60.11 billion in 2025 , is projected to reach USD 77.52 billion by 2030 , growing at a CAGR of 5.22% during 2025–2030 , according...
Strengthening Health Supply Chains for Zambia.
Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia
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August 7, 2025
The CIDRZ and DHAPP teams had the honour of accompanying Dr Braden Hale, Division Chief of the United States Department of Defence HIV/AIDS Prevention Programmes, on a visit to the Zambia Medicines and Medical Supplies Agency (ZAMMSA). This visit...
Zambia National Service Hospital Strengthened Through U.S. Support Under PEPFAR.
Centre for Infectious Disease Research in Zambia
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July 30, 2025
The Zambia National Service (ZNS) is among the key institutions receiving support under the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), through the Department of Defence (DoD) and the Defence HIV/AIDS Prevention Programme...
Corte sudafricana ordena a la familia de expresidente de Zambia entregar su cuerpo para repatriación
Los Angeles Times
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August 8, 2025
JOHANNESBURGO — Una corte sudafricana falló el viernes a favor del gobierno de Zambia y ordenó la repatriación de los restos de su expresidente a fin de enterrarlo en su país de origen, en contra de los deseos de su familia. El gobierno de Zambia...
Pretoria Court Rules Lungu be Buried in Zambia
News Central TV
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August 8, 2025
A South African court ruled on Friday that Zambia’s former president Edgar Lungu, who passed away in South Africa on June 5, is to be buried in Zambia, despite his family’s objections. The decision on Lungu’s funeral has been a topic of contention...
ZAMBIA ASKS IMF FOR A TIME EXTENSION – AND HERE’S WHY IT MATTERS TO YOU
Zambian Observer
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July 31, 2025
ZAMBIA ASKS IMF FOR A TIME EXTENSION – AND HERE’S WHY IT MATTERS TO YOU So, here’s the story. The Zambian government has gone back to the IMF to ask for one more year on that big financial agreement we signed in 2022. You know, the one where they...
South African court orders repatriation of ex-Zambian leader Lungu's body
The Citizen
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Pretoria. A South African court on Friday ordered the repatriation of former Zambian president Edgar Lungu's body for a state funeral, siding with Zambia's government over his family who wanted him buried in South Africa, not in the presence of...
South African court orders return of Zambian leader's body
Deutsche Welle
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August 8, 2025
A South African court on Friday ruled that Zambia may repatriate the remains of former President Edgar Lungu, despite opposition from his family. "A former president's personal wishes or the wishes of his family cannot outweigh the right of the...
South African Court Orders Repatriation Of Former Zambian President Edgar Lungu’s Body For State Funeral
Arise News
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August 8, 2025
A South African court on Friday ordered the repatriation of former Zambian president Edgar Lungu’s body to Zambia for a state funeral, siding with the Zambian government over his family’s wishes to bury him in Johannesburg. Lungu, who led Zambia...
High court orders repatriation of ex-Zambian leader Edgar Lungu's body
Times LIVE
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The Pretoria high court on Friday ordered the repatriation of former Zambian president Edgar Lungu's body for a state funeral, siding with Zambia's government over his family who wanted him buried in South Africa, not in the presence of his...
South Africa court rules ex-Zambian President to be buried in Zambia
The Standard
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The late Zambia President Edgar Lungu in 2017. [AFP] A South African court ruled Friday that Zambia's former president Edgar Lungu, who died in South Africa on June 5, should be buried in Zambia, against his family's wishes. Lungu's burial has...
Pretoria court rules ex-Zambian President to be buried in Zambia
East Coast Radio
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Lungu's burial has been the subject of a two-month dispute between Zambia's government, which had planned a state funeral for him in Lusaka, and his family, who wanted him buried in South Africa. Lungu's widow and children blocked his body from...
South Africa court: Zambia can repatriate ex-leader's body, bury him in home country
ABC News - New York
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August 8, 2025
JOHANNESBURG -- A South African court on Friday ruled in favor of the government of Zambia and ordered that it can repatriate the remains of its former president and bury him in his home country, against his family's wishes. The Zambian government...
World Reuters South African court orders repatriation of ex-Zambian leader Lungu's body
Yahoo News
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PRETORIA (Reuters) -A South African court on Friday ordered the repatriation of former Zambian president Edgar Lungu's body for a state funeral, siding with Zambia's government over his family who wanted him buried in South Africa, not in the...
US health alert alarming – Mweetwa
Daily Nation
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August 8, 2025
By GIDEON NYENDWA GOVERNMENT has described as alarming an alert by the United States of America (USA) to its citizens in Kitwe and surrounding areas to relocate following the acid pollution of the environment on the Copperbelt and has accused the...
A South African court grants Zambia rights to repatriate Edgar Lungu for State funeralal
Africanews
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August 8, 2025
A South African court has ruled in favor of the Zambian government, allowing it to repatriate the remains of former President Edgar Lungu for a state burial in Zambia, despite objections from his family. The decision ends a contentious legal...
SA court rules ex-Zambian president Lungu to be buried in Zambia
The Citizen (South Africa)
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August 8, 2025
Despite a two-month standoff and accusations of political vendetta, the remains of Edgar Lungu will be repatriated to Zambia for a state burial. A South African court ruled Friday that Zambia’s former president Edgar Lungu, who died in South...
Pretoria High Court orders repatriation of Zambia’s ex-president Edgar Lungu’s body
New Zimbabwe
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August 8, 2025
SundayWorld The Pretoria High Court has delivered a historic ruling today, ordering the repatriation of former Zambian President Edgar Lungu’s body home for a state funeral, resolving a nearly two-month dispute that captivated the nation and...