<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"><channel><title><![CDATA[Taonga Mitimingi - ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Taonga Mitimingi - ]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AS7IALrHfOA/taonga-mitimingi</link><image><url>https://www.bloomberg.com/feeds/static/images/bloomberg_logo_black.png</url><title>Taonga Mitimingi - </title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/authors/AS7IALrHfOA/taonga-mitimingi</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2025 01:17:47 GMT</lastBuildDate><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright 2025 BLOOMBERG L.P. 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Photographer: Richard Kille/AP Photo</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chinese Firm Faces $420 Million Zambia Mine-Spill Damages Claims]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-01/zambia-mine-toxic-spill-china-owned-sino-metals-faces-420m-compensation-claim</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-01/zambia-mine-toxic-spill-china-owned-sino-metals-faces-420m-compensation-claim</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taonga Mitimingi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2025 15:21:11 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/igdUqYFHXRw4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/igdUqYFHXRw4/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A breach at a tailing dam at a Sino-Metals Leach Zambia mine near Kitwe. (AP Photo/Richard Kille, File)</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zambia Inflation Slows to Two-Year Low on Stronger Kwacha]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-28/zambia-inflation-slows-to-near-two-year-low-on-stronger-kwacha</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-28/zambia-inflation-slows-to-near-two-year-low-on-stronger-kwacha</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taonga Mitimingi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2025 08:29:35 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i.kCg5SQIGFo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i.kCg5SQIGFo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A street currency dealer counts out Zambian kwacha banknotes at a bus station in Lusaka.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top South African Court Denies Lungu Family’s Burial Appeal]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-26/top-south-african-court-dismisses-lungu-family-s-burial-appeal</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-26/top-south-african-court-dismisses-lungu-family-s-burial-appeal</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taonga Mitimingi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 09:25:24 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ivf.upGRyIcs/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ivf.upGRyIcs/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Friends and family at the Requiem Mass for former Zambian President Edgar Lungu at Cathedral Of Christ The King Catholic Church in Johannesburg, on June 25. </media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Heavy Metal Found Near Zambia Mine Disaster, But Water Said Safe]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-15/zambia-assures-public-water-is-safe-after-mine-pollution-spill</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-15/zambia-assures-public-water-is-safe-after-mine-pollution-spill</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Hill]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2025 08:21:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zambia Leaves Key Interest Rate Unchanged to Crush Inflation]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-13/zambia-leaves-key-interest-rate-unchanged-to-crush-inflation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-13/zambia-leaves-key-interest-rate-unchanged-to-crush-inflation</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taonga Mitimingi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2025 09:25:42 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/it157Yoj_vro/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/it157Yoj_vro/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The headquarters of Bank of the Zambia in Lusaka. Photographer: Luke Dray/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-Zambian Leader Should Be Buried in Home Country, Court Rules]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-08/ex-zambian-leader-should-be-buried-in-home-country-court-rules</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-08/ex-zambian-leader-should-be-buried-in-home-country-court-rules</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taonga Mitimingi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2025 11:55:25 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i4l4vJLVmQG4/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i4l4vJLVmQG4/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Edgar Lungu speaks in Lusaka in 2019.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zambia Plays Down Health Risks After US Warning on Mine Disaster]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-07/zambia-plays-down-health-risks-after-us-warning-on-mine-disaster</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-07/zambia-plays-down-health-risks-after-us-warning-on-mine-disaster</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taonga Mitimingi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 14:51:48 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/itmQlxI3tHrM/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/itmQlxI3tHrM/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The tailing dam at a Sino-Metals Leach Zambia mine near Kitwe.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zambia Eyes Additional $145 Million From IMF Program Extension]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-05/zambia-eyes-additional-145-million-from-imf-program-extension</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-05/zambia-eyes-additional-145-million-from-imf-program-extension</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taonga Mitimingi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 13:37:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zambia Real Interest Rate at Six-Year High Makes Case for a Cut]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-31/zambia-inflation-slows-to-2023-low-sets-stage-for-rate-cut</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-31/zambia-inflation-slows-to-2023-low-sets-stage-for-rate-cut</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taonga Mitimingi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 08:45:19 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i1KVeEGMTnJs/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i1KVeEGMTnJs/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>An open air market on Patrice Lumumba road in Lusaka.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zambia Seeks 12-Month Extension to IMF Deal Ahead of Elections]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-30/zambia-seeks-12-month-extension-to-imf-deal-ahead-of-elections</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-30/zambia-seeks-12-month-extension-to-imf-deal-ahead-of-elections</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taonga Mitimingi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2025 11:32:57 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iInayYmbVl4Q/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iInayYmbVl4Q/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Situmbeko Musokotwane Photographer: Ting Shen/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zambia Gets $184 Million From IMF After Pledging Faster Reforms]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-25/zambia-gets-184-million-from-imf-after-pledging-faster-reforms</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-25/zambia-gets-184-million-from-imf-after-pledging-faster-reforms</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taonga Mitimingi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2025 21:57:10 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/imyLtMRTjmnI/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/imyLtMRTjmnI/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Situmbeko Musokotwane, Zambia&apos;s finance minister, during the annual meetings of the IMF and World Bank in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. The International Monetary Fund lowered its global growth forecast for next year and warned of accelerating risks from wars to trade protectionism, even as it credited central banks for taming inflation without sending nations into recession.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zambia Plans $1.1 Billion Oil Refinery With Fujian Xiang Xin]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-21/zambia-plans-1-1-billion-oil-refinery-with-fujian-xiang-xin</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-21/zambia-plans-1-1-billion-oil-refinery-with-fujian-xiang-xin</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taonga Mitimingi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2025 11:40:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zambian Small Businesses Get $70 Million Boost to Aid Growth]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-15/zambian-small-businesses-get-70-million-boost-to-unlock-growth</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-15/zambian-small-businesses-get-70-million-boost-to-unlock-growth</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taonga Mitimingi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2025 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Citi Sees Zambian Kwacha Rally Extending If Copper-Price Link Restored]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-01/-usd-zmw-citi-predicts-kwacha-gains-if-copper-price-correlation-returns</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-01/-usd-zmw-citi-predicts-kwacha-gains-if-copper-price-correlation-returns</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ray Ndlovu]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 15:37:31 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zambia Takes Steps to Avoid Landing on US Travel Ban List]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-27/zambia-takes-steps-to-avoid-landing-on-trump-us-travel-ban-list</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-27/zambia-takes-steps-to-avoid-landing-on-trump-us-travel-ban-list</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taonga Mitimingi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 15:29:20 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iVkQYGA.tkVo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iVkQYGA.tkVo/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><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></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zambia to Tap Banks in $378 Million Unorthodox Local Debt Sale]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-27/zambia-to-tap-banks-in-378-million-unorthodox-local-debt-sale</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-27/zambia-to-tap-banks-in-378-million-unorthodox-local-debt-sale</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taonga Mitimingi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2025 14:27:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zambia to Borrow Extra $624 Million From Domestic Market in 2025]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-26/zambia-to-borrow-extra-624-million-from-domestic-market-in-2025</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-26/zambia-to-borrow-extra-624-million-from-domestic-market-in-2025</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Matthew Hill]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 15:07:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Kwacha Rally Drives Zambia Inflation to 14-Month Low]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-26/kwacha-rally-drives-zambia-inflation-to-14-month-low</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-26/kwacha-rally-drives-zambia-inflation-to-14-month-low</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taonga Mitimingi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2025 08:29:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-Leader’s Funeral Stalls as Zambia, Family Feud in Court]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-25/battle-over-ex-zambia-president-edgar-lungu-s-burial-goes-to-south-african-court</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-25/battle-over-ex-zambia-president-edgar-lungu-s-burial-goes-to-south-african-court</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Taonga Mitimingi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 09:21:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iMzObOJG1RJ8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iMzObOJG1RJ8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Edgar Lungu</media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>