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 ...

Almost a century of lead mining and smelting has poisoned generations of children in Kabwe “I’d like to be a doctor,” says seven-year-old Martin, sitting quietly in his modest home in Kabwe, Zambia.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

People in Kabwe Town, Zambia, show very high blood levels of lead and cadmium, which are a direct consequence of the now-closed Broken Hill mine. The operation was owned by Nchanga Consl. Cu Mines Ltd ...

In one former mining town in Zambia, more than 200,000 children and women have been shown to have elevated levels of lead poisoning. Decades of mining left some 6.4 million tons of lead-bearing waste ...

Every time children play in the dusty streets of the small Zambian town of Kabwe, they are putting their health at risk, according to environmentalists. What sets Kabwe apart from other places is the ...

The Kabwe skull, discovered in 1921, may redefine human evolution and highlight the debate over repatriation of cultural artifacts. The town of Kabwe sits about 70 miles north of Zambia’s capital, ...

AZAEL TEMBO takes a seat in the shade of a mango tree outside his house. He kicks up the dust. “It’s affected,” he says, pointing to the plume around his feet. The 67-year-old lives in Kabwe, a town ...