Zambia’s Southern Province, home to most of the country’s livestock, is facing a water crisis following the collapse of four major dams during the last rainy season. The dams are Chimbwali, Japhet, Hakantu and Chookole in Monze East and Monze West wards. The province is home to nearly half of Zambia’s…
Zambia's Southern Province recorded deaths of more than 80 heads of cattle from East Coast fever, while Northern Province is on alert following the renewed outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease. Authorities in both provinces imposed a ban on the movement of livestock to contain the spread of disease. “We suspended any…
Floods hit Kazungula district in Southern Province, damaging crops and bridges as heavy rain continue to wreak havoc. In the Nyawa chiefdom more than 50 000 people, mostly farmers, were cut off from the rest of the district after the bridge connecting them to the main town was damaged. “We…
