Zambia signs $2 billion solar power energy deal with UAE

Zambia and the United Arab Emirates have agreed to invest $2 billion in the construction of solar power plants in Zambia, which will more than double the nation's current generation capacity.
LUSAKA – Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema upheld a decision to scrap two British colonial-era laws: the death penalty and making criticism of the country’s leader a punishable offence. Hichilema, whose party was in opposition for over two decades, had promised…