April 21, 2025 · 3 min · 591 words · Lachlan Thomas
Incumbents
President: Edgar Lungu
Events
March 18 - First case of the COVID-19 pandemic in Zambia
March 22 - A third case was recorded. The patient was a man who had travelled to Pakistan.
March 25 - President Edgar Lungu confirmed a total of 12 cases during a live national address.
April 2 - Zambia records its first death from COVID-19.
September 8 – President Lungu joins students at Copperbelt University (CBU) in mourning the death of "Mafishi," a large fish thought to bring students good luck.
November 13 – Finance Minister Bwalya Ng’andu says that Zambia is defaulting on its debt.
Deaths
August 16 – Alexander Grey Zulu, 95, Zambian politician, Minister of Commerce and Industry (1964) and Defence (1970–1973).