Zambia

[allAfrica] Zambian police banned former president Edgar Lungu from public jogging events, reports BBC. The police said Lungu's exercise sessions while escorted by members of his Patriotic Front (PF) party and without his security officers amounted to "unlawful assembly".

Archaeologists believe the simple log construction may be the oldest example of early humans building with wood

[DW] Archaeologists say the structure dates back 476,000 years. It was intentionally shaped with wooden tools to create stable joints, attesting to the cognitive skills of Homo sapiens' forebears.

China and Zambia said they'd enhance trade cooperation; with the Chinese side vowing to invite Zambia to continuously participate in the China International Import Expo. Xi and Hichilema agreed to designate 2024 as the Year of Business Cooperation.

Business featured high on the agenda of Hakainde Hichilema's Shenzhen stop-off, with the leader visiting five leading companies over the course of two days. Hichilema who will reportedly end his state visit on Saturday (Sep. 16), has high hopes on the impact of closer ties with Chinese companies.

The firm will enjoy "a renewed financing commitment towards investment in mine development and to increase production," mining minister Paul Kabuswe said.

[allAfrica] Harare -- Police in Zambia arrested Esther Lungu, the wife of former president Edgar Lungu, Bloomberg reports.