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            <title><![CDATA[Zambia Says Privacy, Minerals Concerns Stall US Health-Aid Deal]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 15:30:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Globeleq to Build $315 Million Solar-Battery Plant in Zambia]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 08:10:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Zambia’s Planned Refinery to Rely on Oil Delivery by Road]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Zambia’s Cabinet Approves Revised 2026 Budget as Fuel Costs Jump]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2026 13:16:41 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Zambian Growth Decelerates Sharply After Record Power Outages]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:55:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Key Congo Copper Export Route Reopens After Rain Damaged Bridge]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2026 17:47:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Key Congo Copper-Export Route Cut Off After Bridge Collapses]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Hill]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 06:39:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Zambia Inflation Rate Drops to Target Band Faster Than Expected]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Taonga Mitimingi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 08:52:51 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Zambian Central Bank Cuts Rates, Sees Inflation Easing]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 09:27:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Zambia’s Inflation Rate Dips Below 10% for First Time Since 2023]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Taonga Mitimingi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 08:23:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Zambia Restates Copper Ambition After Posting Record Output]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Taonga Mitimingi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Jan 2026 10:03:39 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A worker guides stacks of copper plates ready for shipping at the Mufulira refinery in Mufulira, Zambia.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Zambia Stock Rally Seen Spurring IPOs, New Gold ETF in 2026]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ray Ndlovu]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 09:10:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Zambia Lifts Foreign Bond Cap Ahead of $1 Billion Debt Wall]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 16:21:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Zambian Power Trader Kanona Plans $100 Million Link to Tanzania]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2026 15:04:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Zambian Kwacha Ends World-Beating Run on Corporate Dollar Demand]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ray Ndlovu]]></dc:creator>
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            <title><![CDATA[Zambia Plans to Seek New IMF Loan With Election Deadline Looming]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Taonga Mitimingi]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2026 09:22:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Zambia Abandons Plan to Extend IMF Credit Facility by a Year]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2026 18:21:55 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The city skyline of Lusaka, Zambia, on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. For over a decade, China poured more than $120 billion of government-backed loans through its Belt and Road Initiative to build hydropower plants, roads and rail lines across the continent — as well as unparalleled influence.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Zambia Held Early Talks With China Over Potential Currency Swap]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Hill]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 15:47:33 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Chinese Mining Companies in Zambia Start Paying Taxes in Yuan]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Hill]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2025 13:50:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Zambia, Zimbabwe to Contribute to $4.2 Billion Hydro Project]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Godfrey Marawanyika]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2025 11:47:03 GMT</pubDate>
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