{"id":27863,"date":"2026-04-18T11:45:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T06:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=27863"},"modified":"2026-04-18T12:05:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T06:35:07","slug":"zambia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/zambia\/","title":{"rendered":"Zambia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Zambia Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, India&#8217;s talks with Zambia over critical minerals mining have stalled amid a lack of assurances from Lusaka on \u200bmining rights.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Zambia<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a Southern-Central African <\/span><b>landlocked country.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordering Countries:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is bounded by the Democratic Republic of the <\/span><b>Congo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (North), <\/span><b>Zimbabwe and Botswana<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (South), <\/span><b>Tanzania<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (North-east), <\/span><b>Malawi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ( West) and <\/span><b>Mozambique <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Southeast), <\/span><b>Angola and Zambia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (West) and <\/span><b>Namibia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the southwest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital City:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lusaka<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Geographical Features of Zambia<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Climate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has a <\/span><b>sub-tropical climate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that is tempered by its relatively high altitude, making it more temperate and pleasant than other sub-tropical areas.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Rivers:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The most significant river is the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/zambezi-river\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Zambezi River<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (which empties into the Indian Ocean). Other major rivers include the <\/span><b>Kafue and the Luangwa.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Mountain Range:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mafinga Mountains.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Lakes:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Lake Tanganyika and Lake Kariba<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Natural Resources:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It has a wide range of natural resources including copper, cobalt, silver, uranium, lead, coal, zinc, gold, and emerald.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/india\/india-zambia-talks-critical-minerals-stall-over-mining-rights-sources-say-2026-04-16\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Reuters<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zambia is a Southern-Central African landlocked country. 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