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Zambia
Population: 11.9mn.
GNI, $ : 9.5bn.
Debt: 4.9bn.
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With mining company Vedanta as his country’s chief representative in Zambia, India’s Vice-President Hamid Ansari made Lusaka the site of one of his first diplomatic visits in 2010, promising more cooperation in mining, refining and energy.

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  • Vol 4 No 1
  •  November 2010

TAZARA troubles

China’s flagship African railroad project continues to lose money, and Chinese management may be brought in to avoid throwing more good money after bad. Built in the 1970s, the Tanzania-Zambia Railway was China’s most expensive foreign aid project and a m...

  • Vol 3 No 12
  •  October 2010

Shoot first, negotiate later

Opposition politicians lambast the Lusaka government’s timidity after Chinese managers shoot Zambian mine workers

  • Vol 3 No 11
  •  September 2010

Felix Mutati

Minister of Commerce, Trade and Industry, Zambia

  • Vol 3 No 7
  •  May 2010

Beijing digs deeper into Zambian mines

Oppositionist Michael Sata’s rhetoric against China is not slowing down Chinese investment plans ahead of Zambia’s national elections, which are due in 2011. Chinese companies operating Zambian mines will now have access to US$5 billion from the China ...

  • Vol 3 No 5
  •  March 2010

Banda bags a billion

Zambia does not always get what it wants or what it wants at the right time. President Rupiah Banda went on a 10-day official visit to China in late February and came back with a raft of promises of new investments, even in agriculture, just when the poli...

  • Vol 3 No 4
  •  February 2010

Anti-Asian strength in numbers

There is a long way to go before the 2011 national polls, but the current political jockeying in Zambia would give any visitor the impression that the election is to be held next week. The battle for the presidency is between incumbent President Rupiah...

  • Vol 2 No 9
  •  July 2009

Michael Chilufya Sata

President, Patriotic Front of Zambia

  • Vol 2 No 7
  •  May 2009

A shake-out after the crash

China and India want to snap up assets as metal markets hit the floor and the mining houses sack workers

  • Vol 1 No 12
  •  October 2008

Contractor controversy

Local contractors' frustration with the Chinese success story is growing

  • Vol 1 No 11
  •  September 2008

China, India and the vote

The three main presidential candidates show they are all aware of the importance of Asian investment to the country's future

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