Jul 31st, 2008 · China is investing heavily in Zambia's Copperbelt Province, building smelters and bringing Chinese workers to the area. The foreign presence has been met with both praise and skepticism as Zambians say the industry is booming, but the Chinese are taking many of the jobs.
Keywords: China · Controversy · industry · workers · foreign · Zambian · Zambia · skeptics · Smelter · Copperbelt Province
Dec 9th, 2005 · The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is backing an initiative launched this week to reduce malaria deaths in Zambia by 75 percent in the next three years. The disease, caused by a blood parasite and spread by mosquitoes, claims more than one million lives each year in Africa.
Keywords: Africa · deaths · disease · Malaria · foundation · Gates · Zambian · Melinda Gates Foundation · Zambia · parasite · mosquitoes
