Finance Minister ⁠Wale Edun said on Monday that the government will seek financial support at this week’s International Monetary Fund-World ​Bank Spring meetings.

Zambia is one of many African countries hard-hit by surging global energy costs.

Analysts have noted just how sensitive markets have become to geopolitical headlines.

China secures 6 month ​export quota for lithium concentrates from Zimbabwe

SA Rand edged up in early Tuesday trade on a weaker Dollar

The heads of the International Energy Agency (IEA), the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group have warned that the economic and energy shock from the war in the Middle East remains severe, highly uncertain and disproportionately harmful to low-income countries that import energy.