Police: At Least 51 Killed in Zambia in Bus Crash

(LUSAKA, Zambia) — Police in Zambia say at least 51 people have been killed after a bus crashed into a semi-truck north of the country's capital of Lusaka. ...

Meet Moses, the Baby Elephant Raised by Humans

Moses, a seven-and-a-half month old elephant calf, was found alone and close to death in the Vwanza Wildlife Reserve in Malawi, near the border with Zambia.  But...

Woman Survives 365-Foot Fall After Bungee Cord Snaps

Video taken of the jump shows the cord snapping and Langworthy smacking into the river before the current pulled her into rapids.

Human Rights Watch Reports Abuses in Chinese-Run Mines in Zambia

New York-based Human Rights Watch issued a 122-page report detailing the "abusive conditions" and lax safety standards of Chinese-run mines operating in the...

Why Zambia's Elections Will Be All About China

When Zambians go to the polls on Sept. 20, their decision on which box to tick won't be based on traditional election issues such as good governance, security or...

The River Wild

Victorian explorer David Livingstone reported the existence of the Victoria Falls back to the West after discovering them in 1855, and the numbers of tourists...

To Eat or Not to Eat

Sometime in the next few days the United Nations World Food Program will carry out one of its most unusual shipments ever. Under police guard to prevent looting...

Scarred: Southern Africa Feels the Heat

Loveness Mudaala has the face of a teenager and the hands of a 60-year-old. She is, in fact, 43 and the mother of 18 children. They are not all hers by birth,...

World: Zambia: Beleaguered Host

While delegates to the Commonwealth Conference in Lusaka enjoyed the best of everything, police in Livingstone, 200 miles to the southwest, were dispersing...

Rumors of War

Iraq's Phantom First Family. Where is Saddam Hussein hiding his wife Sajida and their several children? Conflicting reports have placed the dictator's clan in...