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United States, Zambia Reaffirm Partnership

LUSAKA – The U.S. Embassy Chargé d’Affaires David Young met with Zambian President Edgar Chagwa Lungu to discuss issues of mutual interest, including the close U.S.-Zambian partnership in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. President Lungu and Chargé Young pledged to continue to prioritize the fight against COVID-19 and work collaboratively as Zambia strives to ...

By U.S. Embassy Zambia | 18 June, 2020 | Categories: Events, News, Press Releases | Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19, democracy, freedoms, HIV/AIDS, human rights, Malaria, tuberculosis

Call for Proposals: U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Section Grants Program

Call for Proposals U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Section Grants Program Deadline for Proposals is: June 17, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. (Lusaka time). Late proposals will not be considered. Purpose of the program The U.S. Embassy Public Affairs Section Grants Program awards grants to Zambian non-profit and non-governmental organizations and independent media for projects that support ...

By U.S. Embassy Zambia | 19 May, 2016 | Categories: Art & Culture, Culture, Human Rights, Press Releases, Public Affairs | Tags: awards, Grants, human rights, volunteerism

U.S. and U.K. Announce Additional $10 million for Helping Survivors of Gender-Based Violence

Lusaka. April 24, 2014. LUSAKA – At today’s launch of the Ng’ombe Clinic One-Stop Center, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.K. Department for International Development (DFID) announced an additional $10.2 million in funding to fight gender-based violence and give survivors greater access to clinical services. These supplementary funds, provided by DFID ...

By U.S. Embassy Zambia | 24 April, 2014 | Categories: News | Tags: health, human rights

United States Urges Dropping of Appeal Against Paul Kasonkomona

United States Embassy Chargé d’Affaires a.i. David J. Young during a press roundtable on the 2013 Human Rights Report for Zambia. Lusaka. March 6, 2014. Lusaka – The Government of the United States is disappointed by the decision of the Government of the Republic of Zambia to appeal the case of Paul Kasonkomona for ...

By U.S. Embassy Zambia | 6 March, 2014 | Categories: News | Tags: human rights

2013 U.S. Human Rights Report Released

Lusaka – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on February 27 released the 2013 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices. The country-specific Human Rights Reports are documents the U.S. Congress, by law, requires the State Department to prepare annually and make public. The reports cover internationally recognized individual, civil, political, and worker rights, as set ...

By U.S. Embassy Zambia | 28 February, 2014 | Categories: News | Tags: human rights

Dr. Martin Luther King’s Legacy Urges Freedom For All

Lusaka – Every year in January, the United States and countries around the world celebrate the extraordinary life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the most prominent leader of the American civil rights movement. Dr. King’s legacy continues to speak to us today in the United States, Zambia, and around the world. Dr. ...

By U.S. Embassy Zambia | 20 January, 2014 | Categories: News | Tags: democracy, freedom, human rights

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