Residents of Kabwe Town, Zambia, have very high blood levels of lead and cadmium, to such an extent that the symptoms of toxicity have been clinically observed. Kabwe, Zambia, has a long history of ...

Kabwe — KABWE has been reduced to a village, opposition Forum for Development and Democracy parliamentary candidate Lizzy Michelo has said. Addressing the Newsmakers Forum organised by The Post's ...

AS the countdown to the co-hosting of the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) general assembly by Zambia and Zimbabwe draws near in Livingstone this August, it is worth pointing out the ...

In a soft, faltering voice, her large brown eyes staring absently ahead, Winfrida Besa repeats "A-B-C-D" over and over as she tries to sing the ABCs. With her thin ...

Kabwe is a wasteland full of the remnants of Zambia’s once glorious mining past. Decades of unregulated mining, however, have turned Kabwe into Africa’s most toxic town. Al Jazeera’s Yvonne Ndege ...

Lawsuit claims mining firm failed to prevent pollution in Kabwe, affecting multiple generations A class action lawsuit has been filed against the mining company Anglo American over its alleged failure ...

The U.N. has identified Kabwe, a city of almost 300,000 people in Zambia, as one of the most polluted places on the planet. Who is to blame? And... In a soft ...

Between 1906 and 1994, Kabwe was home to Broken Hill, one of the world's largest lead and zinc mines. For decades, highly toxic lead particles were blown across town, carried by the wind and the ...