Zambia

19 entries quoted from the Wikipedia articles written per year for Zambia, 1996 CE to 2025 CE. Each century below shows a sample spread across it; the year link on a line opens everything held for that year.

20th century

4 entries, 1996 CE to 1996 CE

1996November 18 – 1996 Zambian general election: Frederick Chiluba is re-elected President.Zambia source
1996December 15 – The Zambia Open golf tournament becomes part of the Sunshine Tour for the first time. It is won by Desvonde Botes of South Africa.Zambia source
1996November 27 – Felix Kashweka, journalist and publicistZambia source
1996May 23 – Kapambwe Mulenga, footballer, 33Zambia source

21st century

15 entries, 2009 CE to 2025 CE

2009Regina Chiluba, wife of former President Frederick Chiluba, was arrested on charges of fraud. On 3 March, she was sentenced to three and half years for illegally receiving government funds and properties.Zambia source
20096 March: Christon Tembo, former Vice President and Military commanderZambia source
201524 January – Edgar Lungu of the ruling Patriotic Front party wins the Zambian presidential election.Zambia source
201521 January – Heavy rains in Zambia cause delays in voting and counting in the presidential election with announcements to resume the next day.Zambia source
202013 November – Finance Minister Bwalya Ng’andu says that Zambia is defaulting on its debt.Zambia source
202124 August - Hakainde Hichilema is sworn in as the 7th Republican President of ZambiaZambia source
202112 August - Zambian President Edgar Lungu deploys army members throughout the country as Zambia holds election.Zambia source
202223 December – Zambia officially abolishes capital punishment.Zambia source
202215 December – Police in Zambia arrest a truck driver alleged to have transported 27 Ethiopian migrants found dead on the outskirts of Lusaka on Sunday. The bodies were dumped in a farm.Zambia source
2022Zambia women's national football team Qualifies for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time.Zambia source
20234 January – ZESCO, Zambia's largest power company, announces increased power cuts from six hours to twelve hours as a result of lower water levels at the Kariba Dam between Zambia and Zimbabwe.Zambia source
202320 September – The oldest known wooden structure, a 476,000 year old log structure, is discovered at the Kalambo Falls in Zambia according to a study from the Nature journal.Zambia source
202312 October – International Monetary Fund managing director Kristalina Georgieva confirms that Zambia, the first African nation to default following the COVID-19 pandemic, has agreed to a debt agreement with foreign creditors, concerning US$6.3 billion of its debt.Zambia source
202518 February – 2025 Sino-Metals Leach Zambia dam disaster: A tailings dam belonging to a Chinese-operated copper mine collapses in northern Zambia, causing 50 million liters of waste containing concentrated acid, dissolved solids and heavy metals to enter a tributary of the Kafue River and prompting a shutdown of the water supply in Kitwe.Zambia source
20255 June – Edgar Lungu, 68, president (2015–2021).Zambia source