by Salima | Feb 23, 2026 | WCP News
Despite a World Bank-backed remediation project and years of international scrutiny, Kabwe’s residents say contamination, illness, and broken promises still define daily life. By Luckson Mwale In Makululu township, 14-year-old Oliver struggles in school. Once...
by Salima | Jan 26, 2026 | WCP News
Families displaced for a coal mine say development left them poorer, sicker, and unheard. By Mukwima Chilala In the hills of Sinazongwe’s Mweemba village in southern Zambia, where dust from coal trucks settles on cracked mud houses, more than 50 families say...
by Salima | Jan 5, 2026 | WCP News
By Justina Matandiko On 18 January 2025, after days of heavy rain, part of the tailings dam at Mimbula Mine on the outskirts of Chingola collapsed, releasing acidic effluent into streams that feed the Kafue river. Farmland was destroyed, water sources for three...
