The European Commission (EC) has pledged to provide US $22 million to help fight HIV/AIDS in Zambia reports Irinnews. The funding is aimed at improving care and treatment for people living with the HI virus.

The withdrawal of foreign forces from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been applauded by Zambia, but the southern neighbour is also worried by the instability that could follow. "There are still some clashes here and there ...That causes concern for us, as when affected people start running, the first place they end up is Zambia," a government official explained.

Zambia is importing black rhinos from South Africa for restocking in its game parks where the species had been poached into extinction. The Zambia Wildlife Authority (ZAWA) says 25 black rhinos have been bought from South African National Parks for translocation into the Luangwa North National Park in eastern Zambia.

Niko's is a dingy 24-hour brothel in Zambia's southern tourist town of Livingstone. It is here that young girls, with few other opportunities to make money, live and work.

Do African adolescents know enough about AIDS to protect themselves against infection? What is the best way to educate them about the risks of HIV? A report from Population Services International evaluates a peer-led HIV prevention programme in a secondary school in Zambia.