Zambians are scheduled to cast their votes on 27 December in general elections that will mark the end of a decade in power for President Frederick Chiluba. It will be the third time since single-party rule ended in 1991 that the country goes to the polls.

In sub-Saharan Africa, the rate of HIV infection in women is rising faster than any other group. UNAIDS estimates that women in sub-Saharan African made up about 55 percent of people living with HIV/Aids at the end of 1999.

More than 1,000 Angolan refugees have crossed over into Zambia's Western province in the last ten days, a spokesman for the UN's refugee agency told IRIN on Monday

Zambia's deepening food shortages, along with mismanagement and corruption, are the key issues dominating the country's general election campaign, opposition leader Dipak Patel told IRIN on Tuesday.

The current position of internet use and provision in Zambia is nowhere near its potential, Microlink Technologies Limited managing director Jimmy Pittchar has said. Microlink is the latest internet service provider (ISP) to enter the Zambian market with a total investment of USD 1 million.

A new measure of the World Health Organisation [WHO] puts the life expectancy of Zambians at a startling 30 years - the lowest level in the country’s history - a global network of non-governmental organisations has revealed.

Commenting on accusations and counter-accusations of theft and corruption between FDD and MMD leaders in recent weeks, Dr. Kaunda has said he will speak out on all those that are vying for public offices during the forthcoming presidential and general elections.

Ending months of uncertainty, Zambian President Fredrick Chiluba announced on Thursday that presidential, parliamentary and local government elections would be held on 27 December, news agencies reported.

A newly formed human rights group charged this week that unscrupulous employers in Lusaka have sacked at least 45 workers since June 2000. because they tested HIV-positive.

Can Traditional and Formal Health Workers Tackle HIV Together? A study by the Kara Trust, Zambia, examined the knowledge and beliefs
of traditional healers and formal health workers through interviews and workshops.

President Frederick Chiluba has said Zambia will not retaliate to the mass abduction and massacre of Zambians by the Angolan armed forces last week.

Zambia has faced hard questions by the UN's Committee Against Torture over the lack of legal protection of suspects against maltreatment by the police, a statement by the Office for the High Commissioner of Human Rights said.

Zambian human rights groups are divided over whether to support a call by opposition parties for a public disobedience campaign to press President Frederick Chiluba to announce the date for general elections.

Weaker copper prices and demand has lowered growth forecasts in Zambia, the London-based Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) said in its latest update.

Zambia has faced hard questions by the UN's Committee Against Torture over the lack of legal protection of suspects against maltreatment by the police, a statement by the Office for the High Commissioner of Human Rights has said.

ANTI -Corruption Commission (ACC) director general judge Robert Kapembwa has denounced President Frederick Chiluba's press assistant Richard Sakala's attempt to politicise ACC investigations on him.

The issue of corruption "goes to the very heart of good governance", observed British High Commissioner to Zambia Thomas Young yesterday.

The issue of corruption "goes to the very heart of good governance", observed British High Commissioner to Zambia Thomas Young.

Zambia's judicial and legal failings make it imperative that the country scraps the death penalty, says the international human rights group Amnesty International.

Fighting in Angola along the border with Zambia has moved north, as a new influx of refugees this week entered Zambia's Northwestern province, humanitarian sources told IRIN.