By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Lusaka Times
Heavy hail tore off a classroom roof at Kabwela Primary School in Solwezi, affecting about 86 pupils and the head teacher’s office. Head teacher Chisengo Chishing’a confirmed the damage in Solwezi, according to Lusaka Times.
Families who fled fighting between the FRN and FARDC are living in classrooms at Chambucha primary school in Walikale territory, North Kivu. They lack food, suitable shelter and sanitation facilities, according to Actualite.cd.
🇨🇩 DR Congo · Source: Actualité.cd ·
The High Court in Lusaka has postponed until Monday the hearing of the bail application by opposition leader Brian Mundubile and Makebi Zulu. The State raised a preliminary objection without specifying its nature, according to Lusaka Times.
🇿🇲 Zambia · Source: Lusaka Times ·
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has banned local authorities from allocating unplanned land, which he said encourages the spread of shanty towns. He issued the directive in Lusaka during the swearing-in of the new Housing Minister, Christopher Kalila, according to Lusaka Times.
🇿🇲 Zambia · Source: Lusaka Times ·
Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema has reaffirmed his government’s commitment to the Lobito corridor, which he describes as a strategic investment to develop trade and industry in the three countries involved. The project is expected to support Zambia’s economic transformation, according to remarks by Hichilema reported by the Lusaka Times.
🇿🇲 Zambia · Source: Lusaka Times ·
Zambia’s external debt falls 5% to $15.35 billionZambia’s external debt has fallen by 5% to $15.35 billion. The government has resumed servicing its restructured loans and is nearing the end of the restructuring process, Finance Minister Situmbeko Musokotwane told Parliament.
Twenty-four workers hospitalised after ammonia leak in EkurhuleniTwenty-four employees of the Festive Chicken plant in Olifantsfontein, Ekurhuleni, were hospitalised after an ammonia leak on 11 November 2026. A pressure relief valve reportedly suffered a technical failure in the late afternoon, after maintenance work in the morning, according to municipal emergency services cited by IOL.The week in Africa
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