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  Zambia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Zambia is drained by two major river basins: the Zambezi River basin, in the south; and the Congo River basin, in the north.
Zambia is still dealing with economic reform issues such as the size of the public sector and improving Zambia's social sector delivery systems.
Zambia's population is comprised of about 72 Bantu-speaking ethnic groups but almost 90% of Zambians belong to the nine main ethnolinguistic groups, which are the Bemba, Nyanja-Chewa, Tonga, Tumbuka- spoken in the Eastern Province and eastern part Nothern Province, Lunda, Luvale, Kaonde, Nkoya and Lozi.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zambia   (3393 words)

  
 Zambia national football team - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Zambia national football team, nicknamed Chipolopolo ("the Copper Bullets": copper being one of the country's main exports), is the national team of Zambia and is controlled by the Football Association of Zambia.
Zambia met Nigeria in the final, and took the lead in the first half.
Zambia had once again come close to achieving their goal, and fallen at the last hurdle.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Zambia_national_football_team   (659 words)

  
 Zambia - Columbia Encyclopedia article about Zambia (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Zambia is headed by a president, who is both the chief of state and head of government.
It borders on Zambia in the west, on Tanzania in the north, and on Mozambique in the east, south, and southwest.
European economic influence in Zambia was reduced by increasing the number of trained Zambians, by diversifying the country's economy, and (from 1969) by the government's acquisition of a 51% interest in most major firms (especially mining and banking companies).
columbia.thefreedictionary.com.cob-web.org:8888 /Zambia   (2507 words)

  
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The Zambia rugby 7's squad departs for Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE) this weekend for the opening tournament of the IRB World 7's Series that kicks off with the Dubai 7's in the Gulf city from December 3 to 5.
Zambia play Australia in their opening Group D tie on the 3rd in game 4t of the first day of action.
Zambia won that match played at the Lions Den 25-24 but failed to reach the next stage after Uganda beat them 21-12 though the latter went on to lose to the eventual group winners Cameroon 17-0 in Yaounde.
www.thezambian.com /Sports/rugby.aspx   (1096 words)

  
 HIV & AIDS in Zambia - the epidemic and its impact
The rest of Zambia is very sparsely populated, particularly the west and the northeast, and the majority of people make their living as subsistence farmers.
Zambia's first reported AIDS diagnosis in 1984 was followed by a rapid rise in HIV prevalence (that is, the proportion of people who are living with HIV).
Traditionally in Zambia, as in many other parts of the world, men play a dominant role in most relationships, while women and girls are generally expected to be submissive.
www.avert.org /aids-zambia.htm   (3496 words)

  
 Index of Economic Freedom 2006 - Zambia
Zambia's fiscal burden of government score is 0.1 point better this year, and its monetary policy score is 1 point better.
From 1995 to 2004, Zambia's weighted average annual rate of inflation was 19.44 percent, down from the 21.92 percent from 1994 to 2003 reported in the 2005 Index.
Zambia also influences prices through its state-owned enterprises, which include (but are not limited to) state-owned enterprises in the railway, hydroelectric, and telecommunications sectors.
www.heritage.org /research/features/index/country.cfm?id=Zambia   (1245 words)

  
 Zambia (10/06)
The Government of Zambia had not yet introduced legislation to propose changes to electoral procedures, and it was expected that the electoral process would not be changed significantly before national elections held in the second half of 2006.
Zambia was the first African state to cooperate with the International Tribunal investigation of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
Zambia was active in the Congolese peace effort after the signing of a cease-fire agreement in Lusaka in July and August 1999, although activity diminished considerably after the Joint Military Commission tasked with implementing the ceasefire relocated to Kinshasa in September 2001.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2359.htm   (4133 words)

  
 Zambia
WCS in Zambia has a twenty-year history of pioneering new approaches to conservation in close collaboration with the Zambian Government..
Conservation in Zambia requires innovative solutions to help communities become better custodians of their land by benefiting from markets that alleviate the adverse affects of poverty and hunger on wildlife.
The conservation model emerging from this work in Zambia builds stable and prosperous trading relationships for rural communities and establishes an entry point for private sector support for conservation in rural areas around national parks.
www.wcs.org /international/Africa/zambia   (851 words)

  
 USAID: Zambia
Zambia ranked 163 out of 175 countries in the 2003 UNDP Human Development Index which is the same as its 2002 rating.
Zambia plays an important role in advancing U.S. national interests by contributing to greater stability and prosperity in the southern Africa region.
Zambia has been a recipient of funds from the Initiative to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS, which is being incorporated into President's Emergency Plan in FY 2005.
www.usaid.gov /policy/budget/cbj2006/afr/zm.html   (1345 words)

  
 Zambia, Africa - Africa - Travel Guide and Tourist Information
Zambia is a landlocked country located between the southern rim of the Zaire Basin and the Zambezi River.
Zambia has land borders with Tanzania to the northeast, Malawi to the east, Mozambique and Zimbabwe to the southeast, Botswana and Namibia to the south, Angola on the west and Zaire to the northwest.
Wildlife enthusiasts are drawn to Zambia by its unrivalled walking safaris; the Bradt guide shows where to go for this and all other activities.
www.africaguide.com /country/zambia   (310 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Country profiles | Country profile: Zambia
Zambia has moved from being a major copper producer and potentially one of the continent's richest countries at independence in 1964 to one of the world's poorest.
Zambia is landlocked and sparsely populated by more than 70 ethnic groups, many of them Bantu-speaking.
Zambia hosts tens of thousands of refugees who have fled fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/africa/country_profiles/1069294.stm   (741 words)

  
 Welcome to CARE Zambia
CARE International in Zambia is a non-sectarian, non-profit development organisation working to assist the poor in urban and rural communities.
CARE International began operating in Zambia in January 1992 at the invitation of the Zambian government.
Activities initially focused on emergency relief in response to the severe drought of the early 1990s, and on interventions to mitigate the effects of escalating inflation and extreme poverty in urban areas.
carezambia.org   (212 words)

  
 ZAMBIA
In Zambia, the process of deregulating the radio stations has been shrouded in secrecy, and while deregulation started in 1994, those radio licenses that have been granted, apart from the three commercial stations, have mostly gone to Christian groups.
On February 21, Zambia Independent Media Association (ZIMA) established the Independent Media Council (IMC) which it said was to uphold the freedom of the media while ensuring high professional standards and adherence to the principles of responsible and factual reporting.
Worship is guaranteed in the MMD Manifesto 1991.
www.hrw.org /reports/1997/zambia/Zambia-02.htm   (9591 words)

  
 An MBendi Profile: An MBendi Industry (Sector) Profile for Zambia: Mining including economic overview and directories ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Copper and cobalt are the key commodities produced by Zambia, with the Zambian copperbelt remaining the focus of mining and development activities.
The copperbelt, which is situated between Zambia and the DRC is one of the world’s greatest metallogenic provinces.
The DunRobin gold mine situated some 120 km west of Lusaka in central Zambia, is owned by Anglo American and is ramping up production to a target of 567 kg/year with a three year life of mine.
www.mbendi.co.za /indy/ming/mingza.htm   (983 words)

  
 Zambia travel guide - Wikitravel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Zambia's main international gateway is Lusaka, which has direct flights to London on British Airways and good regional connections.
Zambia is landlocked but borders on Tanzania's Lake Tanganyika, and there are regular international ferry services across the lake a few times a week.
In practice, yellow fever is not a problem in Zambia anymore, except perhaps in the extreme west along the Congolese borders.
wikitravel.org /en/Zambia   (4881 words)

  
 Zambia
The original hunter-gatherer occupants of Zambia began to be displaced or absorbed by more powerful migrating peoples about 2,000 years ago.
In the same year, Northern and Southern Rhodesia (now Zambia and Zimbabwe respectively) were proclaimed a British sphere of influence.
Northern Rhodesia, which was henceforth known as Zambia, became an independent republic within the Commonwealth on October 24, 1964, with Kenneth Kaunda as the country's first President.
www.uiowa.edu /~africart/toc/countries/Zambia.html   (484 words)

  
 Where do you want to go birding in Zambia today?
The Blackcheeked Lovebird's breeding population is confined to an area in SW Zambia, only stragglers reach neighbouring countries making it a second virtual endemic....Zambia's ornithological riches lie in the moist Central African woodland zone which here reaches the peak of its development.
Zambia is curiously underestimated as a birding destination despite a long list of selling points: it has a high diversity of habitats, many localised species, stable politics and reasonable infrastructure.
The Black-cheeked Lovebird Agapornis nigrigenis of south-west Zambia is an endangered species which appears to have been declining since heavy trapping for the bird trade in the 1920s.
www.camacdonald.com /birding/africazambia.htm   (760 words)

  
 Zambia
The dark green was substituted for a more clear green, and the eagle which was slightly different from the one one the shield in the Arms, has been changed to be more like the one one the shield.
The Zambian flag is determined by the National Flag and Armorial Ensigns Act, Chapter 6 of the Laws of Zambia of 4 June 1965 amended by Act No. 13 of 1994 (the amendments does not alter the design of the emblems!).
The Coat of Arms of Zambia is defined by the same law as the flag, namely the National Flag and Armorial Ensigns Act with the Coat of Arms itself described and pictured in Part III of the Schedule.
flagspot.net /flags/zm.html   (1112 words)

  
 ICL - Zambia - Constitution
A person born in or outside Zambia after the commencement of this Constitution shall become a citizen of Zambia at the date of his birth if on that date at least one of his parents is a citizen of Zambia.
(d) for the removal of a person from Zambia to be tried outside Zambia for a criminal offence or to undergo imprisonment in some other country in execution of the sentence of a court in respect of a criminal offence under the law in force in Zambia of which he has been convicted.
(1) Zambia shall be divided into constituencies, for purposes of elections to the National Assembly so that the number of such constituencies, the boundaries of which shall be such as an Electoral Commission prescribes, shall be equal to the number of seats of elected members in the Assembly.
www.oefre.unibe.ch /law/icl/za00000_.html   (14912 words)

  
 Birdlife and specie types
To a large extent Zambia’s avifauna is that of the Central African Plateau.
Of Zambia’s woodland birds, a few are found only in particular kinds of woodland - miombo or mopane, for example or in association with fig or palm trees.
Large stands of papyrus swamp occur in northern Zambia and are the habitat of the Greater Swamp Warbler, Swamp Flycatcher and Papyrus Yellow Warbler.
www.zambiatourism.com /travel/wildlife/birdlife.htm   (3300 words)

  
 An MBendi Profile: An MBendi Country Profile for Zambia including economic and travel overviews and directories of ...
Zambia is a landlocked independent republic which is situated in south- central Africa to the east of Angola and forms part of the Southern African region.
Zambia has a market-based economy in which the public sector is still active.
Although Zambia’s economy made progress in recent years, this progress was slowed significantly by the burden placed upon the national budget by the public servant wage bill.
www.mbendi.co.za /land/af/za/p0005.htm   (1031 words)

  
 Zambia
Additional information on entry requirements may be obtained from the Embassy of the Republic of Zambia, 2419 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20008, telephone (202) 265-9717 or 19.
Credit card fraud is increasing in Zambia and there have been several cases involving fraudulent charges, including some at major hotels catering primarily to foreign visitors.
Service providers in Zambia, including the tourism sector, are not subject to the same standards of safety oversight that exist in the United States; visitors should evaluate risks carefully.
travel.state.gov /travel/zambia.html   (2450 words)

  
 Gateway to Zambia - The Zambian
If privatization has become so costly to Zambia, then it is better to develop our country through para-statals.
The Constitution of Zambia, as a guideline and manual in the protection of our civil liberties, demands of us that its institution be both amenable to the governors and the governed, and be prescient in its objectives.
Sichilima's song " Zambia" from his highly acclaimed CD "Inspirationally Yours" album has been the subject of media debate as a possible alternative to the country's current national anthem.
www.thezambian.com   (586 words)

  
 Zambia: History, Geography, Government, and Culture — FactMonster.com
Zambia, a landlocked country in south-central Africa, is about one-tenth larger than Texas.
Zambia - Zambia, officially Republic of Zambia, republic (2005 est.
Zambia: Economy - Economy Some 85% of Zambians work the country's relatively infertile soil as subsistence farmers;...
www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0108165.html   (774 words)

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