Zambian subsistence farmers are reporting successes with conservation farming which advocates new methods of maximising crops in areas with low rainfall and difficult conditions.

Hungry Zambian villagers have looted bags of rejected genetically modified (GM) relief maize from a storage shed, an international NGO confirmed on Wednesday.

Reforms and squeeze on education funds has hit education in developing countries as teachers' morale dips to an all time low. Research in Papua New Guinea, Zambia and Malawi highlights a crisis in education because of poor motivation amongst teachers.

Zambia is to receive $50-million in credit from the World Bank (WB) for current drought and food shortages in the country.The funds will be released under the Emergency Drought Recovery Project (EDRP), and will go towards logistical and humanitarian support in ongoing food distribution.

As many as 30,000 "old caseload" Angolan refugees could opt for integration in Zambian society and stay behind when the office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) begins its repatriation programme next year.