Energy companies in East Africa have come together to fight off vandalism of power system equipment and materials.

In the steep valleys of Lesotho's Maluti mountains, women carry yellow plastic buckets of water across fields of dark-brown earth; a group of men form a human chain to pass rocks between them to build a small dam wall across

ZESCO has said load shedding in some parts of Lusaka will continue until the company replaces the gutted transformer at Leopards Hill.

In an apparent response to the energy challenges that low scale entrepreneurs contend with all over the country, especially those operating open air telephone centers, Starcomms Plc, said it is giving out free solar chargers to some of its high

One major problem which the Mills-led administration seem to have not got a hold on, is finding a lasting solution to the recurrent fuel shortages that have hit the country over the last nine months.

Oil prices hovered above $71 a barrel Wednesday in Asia as signs of weak crude demand were offset by a slumping U.S. dollar.