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After bond default in 2020, Hichilema must reassure investors he can stabilise the copper-rich nation
Incumbent Edgar Lungu accepts results as Hakainde Hichilema sweeps to victory
Southern African nation heads to the polls against backdrop of debt crisis
Governments should implement policies that both encourage investment and fill state coffers
Independence leader who fought white rule and helped shape postcolonial southern Africa
Leader governed with iron fist for decades but became example to region’s strongmen by restoring democracy
ZCCM aims to take ‘strategic’ stakes and operate assets
Research from Lusaka morgue points to routine undercounting of fatalities
With further payments coming due, Lusaka is under pressure to stabilise finances to secure an IMF deal
African country’s move to buy out its majority partner in the Mopani copper mine is a gamble
Miner also pulls out of Tanzania nickel project as it moves to trim long tail of assets
Debt woes illustrate how high-octane borrowing and misrule scuppered one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies
Developing countries face a series of sovereign debt crises that need to be tackled forcefully
Investors turn down plea to suspend interest payments on $3bn of dollar bonds
Lawyers representing more than 100,000 people file claim over historic lead poisoning
The African state and its Chinese lenders must come clean on borrowings
Africa’s second-biggest copper producer says it cannot meet payments if creditors reject plea for delay
Africa’s second-biggest copper producer has become a crucial test case for efforts at debt relief
Private creditors seek clarity on Chinese loans in test case for pandemic-hit countries
African nation made international bond market debut in 2012 and is now seeking repayment delays
Abrupt removal of Denny Kalyalya comes at critical time for debt-ridden African nation
Push to restructure $11bn of borrowing seen as test case for emerging market economies
Nation seen as next big test for whether debt-distressed countries can secure deals
Lusaka ups ante in dispute over shuttered copper mine
President urged to secure rescue deal as economy ‘on verge of collapse’
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