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│ Mundubile and Zulu remain in Mukobeko as │

│ treason case proceeds │

│ large - Lusaka Times - │

│ unknown/partially-entangled [ZMB] │

│ │

│ Election runner-up Brian Mundubile and │

│ running mate Makebi Zulu remain held at │

│ Mukobeko Maximum Security Prison on │

│ non-bailable treason charges, coinciding │

│ with Hichilema's second-term inauguration. │

│ The detention has hardened into a │

│ non-bailable capital-class prosecution of │

│ the defeated candidate. Domestic outlet │

│ covering its own state during a live │

│ political case, so confidence was lowered │

│ rather than raised. │

│ │

│ https://www.lusakatimes.com/2026/09/04/mund │

│ ubile-zulu-remain-in-mukobeko-as-treason-ca │

│ se-proceeds/ │

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│ Zambia's Debt-for-Energy Swap Is a World │

│ First │

│ medium - Foreign Policy - │

│ unknown/independent [ZMB] │

│ │

│ The AfDB brokered the world's first │

│ debt-for-energy swap: Zambia buys back │

│ $1.36B of its 2053 private bonds via a │

│ $600M concessional loan, committing ~$275M │

│ in interest savings to grid investment over │

│ 15 years. Drove Zambia fiscal near 1 to 2. │

│ │

│ https://foreignpolicy.com/2026/07/08/zambia │

│ -debt-swap-economics-energy-power-copper/ │

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│ Reimagining Zambia's restructuring in an │

│ alternative New York dimension │

│ small - Financial Times - │

│ independent/independent [ZMB] │

│ │

│ Financial Times coverage (Melissa Butler, │

│ Ian Clark, Stuart Matty and Dimitrios │

│ Lyratzakis) referenced in the assessment │

│ research for Zambia. │

│ │

│ https://www.ft.com/content/418594b1-7319-4e │

│ 8f-917e-f8f4a2d0a897 │

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