Zambia
Republic of Zambia
CAPITAL: Lusaka
FLAG: The flag is green, with a tricolor of dark red, black, and orange vertical stripes at the lower corner of the fly, topped by a golden flying eagle.
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Zambia
Zambia is located in Southern Africa, east of Angola. It is slightly larger than the state of Texas. The population was estimated at 10,462,436 in 2004. Africans comprise almost 99 percent of t...
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Zambia
POPULATION 9,959,037CHRISTIAN 87.0 percentMUSLIM 0.4 percentHINDU 0.1 percentOTHER 7.2 percentNONRELIGIOUS 5.3 percent
Country Overview
Introduction
The Republic of Zambia, a land-locked c...
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Area: 752,612 sq km (290,585 sq mi)Population (2006 est.): 11,288,000Capital:
Lusaka
Head of state and government:
President
Levy
Mwanawasa
Defying his critics, among whom former president
Kenn...
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Chinese President Hu Jintao on Saturday offered copper-rich Zambia a multimillion dollar investment package aimed at boosting ties with a longtime African ally.Facing mounting accusations of Chines...
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Chinese President Hu Jintao on Saturday was bringing his eight-nation African tour to Zambia, a copper-rich country where China's growing clout has prompted charges of exploitation and emerged as a...
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Former President Bill Clinton said Saturday that cheap anti-AIDS drugs were no magic bullet for ending the epidemic ravaging Africa, and that the continent needs better overall health care.Affordab...
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The government on Sunday launched an investigation into the deaths of 12 soccer fans who were crushed as they tried to leave a stadium after Zambia defeated Republic of Congo in an African Cup qual...
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Chinese President Hu Jintao launched a copper mining partnership with Zambia on Sunday and won praise from Zambia's finance minister for his focus on economic investment rather than politics.Hu pla...
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Workers under police guard have started tearing down illegally built shacks that have mushroomed across Zambia, despite pleas from human rights groups that thousands will be left homeless during an...
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Nationwide power outages shut down basic services across Zambia and Zimbabwe as anger mounted in South Africa over power cuts that have wreaked havoc in the continent's economic hub.There was no im...
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