The failure of Zambia’s government to intervene against “blatant violations” of environmental laws is worsening the exposure of a high number of children to severe health risks, mostly lead ...

Many Zambian children, especially those living in communities lacking roads and infrastructure, struggle to access healthcare, education and basic services. But there is hope: In 2013, Zambia ...

In the Zambian city of Kabwe, children suffer severe health effects due to lead poisoning because of extreme pollution from the toxic lead waste of a former mine. Zambia’s government is ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report Wednesday that unveiled harmful mining practices in Zambia, specifically at Kabwe, the capital of Zambia’s Central Province. The report accused the Zambian ...

LUSAKA, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Zambia launched a nationwide measles vaccination campaign Friday, aiming to immunize around 4 million children aged between nine months and five years. The measles ...

Zambia's government did not respond to AFP's ... and processing lead waste at the expense of children's health," HRW's children's rights director Juliane Kippenberg said in the statement.

An earlier version of this article said a subsidiary of Anglo American is active in Kabwe. The mining company was present in the area from 1925-1974. The failure of Zambia’s government to ...

In the Zambian city of Kabwe, children suffer severe health effects due to lead poisoning because of extreme pollution from the toxic lead waste of a former mine. Zambia's government is facilitating ...