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Intel
Country Profile
Zambia
🇿🇲
Zambia
Africa
/ Eastern Africa
Lusaka
19.5M
Capital
Lusaka
GDP (USD)
N/A
Government
N/A
Head of State
N/A
Key Drivers
No key drivers identified.
Recent Intelligence
12
HIGH
SEV 72
·
security
Ebola surges in DR Congo as WHO chief arrives—schools stay open, but the clock is ticking
DR Congo
Ituri province
Bunia
Ebola
ELEVATED
SEV 62
·
diplomacy
RightsCon vanishes in Zambia as security panic spreads in Zamfara—while Mali’s junta faces Tuareg vows and mine-protection deployments
RightsCon canceled
Zambia government
Zamfara troop withdrawal
Tuareg rebels
ELEVATED
SEV 62
·
economy
America’s inflation hangover meets a credit-card debt crunch—while global debt buybacks and junk deals signal stress
above-target inflation
credit-card debt
$1.25 trillion
Shutterfly junk bonds
ELEVATED
SEV 62
·
diplomacy
US health aid meets Zambia’s minerals: is Washington trading HIV drugs for access?
Zambia
US health aid
HIV treatment
critical minerals
ELEVATED
SEV 62
·
political
Zambia’s August vote could redraw the critical-minerals map—China, the US, and BRICS are watching
Zambia election August
critical minerals
Wang Yi
BRICS strategic minerals
ELEVATED
SEV 62
·
security
Ebola’s Spread Meets Border Walls: Zambia Screens Hard as Aid Workers Struggle to Reach Hotspots
Ebola outbreak
travel restrictions
border closures
Zambia screening
ELEVATED
SEV 62
·
diplomacy
Trump’s Iran pressure push collides with Ukraine doubts, NATO friction—and a minerals scramble
Donald Trump
Iran pressure campaign
ceasefire extension
Netanyahu
ELEVATED
SEV 62
·
economy
Zambia’s bond standoff and Ethiopia’s Abiy return—while Brazil’s Raízen and Vedanta scramble for cash
Raízen reestruturação da dívida
R$ 65 bi
Zambia bondholders
$1.36 billion buyback
ELEVATED
SEV 62
·
political
From hospital staffing to election legitimacy to Myanmar’s propaganda machine: what’s destabilizing Southern Africa and beyond?
Taraba hospitals
Jalingo
shortage of doctors
Zambia 2026 election
ELEVATED
SEV 62
·
diplomacy
Zambia’s RightsCon shutdown signals China’s information “long game”—and the West’s next move
RightsCon
Access Now
Zambia
digital human rights
ELEVATED
SEV 62
·
security
NRO bets on AI satellites as AI risk rattles debt markets—Zambia’s bond buyback and Shutterfly’s AI worries raise the stakes
NRO
BlackSky
AI-optimized image detection
Shutterfly debt refinancing
ELEVATED
SEV 62
·
diplomacy
China’s pressure derails Zambia’s human-rights summit—what’s next for rights diplomacy?
Access Now
Human Rights Watch
Zambia
Chinese pressure