Events in the year 2022 in
Zambia
Incumbents
Events
* 24 March – The
World Health Organization announces that a
polio vaccination
Polio vaccines are vaccines used to prevent poliomyelitis (polio). Two types are used: an inactivated poliovirus given by injection (IPV) and a weakened poliovirus given by mouth (OPV). The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends all chil ...
campaign will begin in
Malawi,
Mozambique,
Tanzania, and
Zambia.
* 24 June –
Zambia reports the first suspected cases of monkeypox.
* 15 December – Police in
Zambia arrest a truck driver alleged to have transported 27
Ethiopian migrants found dead on the outskirts of
Lusaka
Lusaka (; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Zambia. It is one of the fastest-developing cities in southern Africa. Lusaka is in the southern part of the central plateau at an elevation of about . , the city's population was ab ...
on Sunday. The bodies were dumped in a farm.
* 23 December – Zambia
officially abolishes capital punishment.
Deaths
March
* 11 March –
Rupiah Banda, 85, 4th Republican President of
Zambia
May
* 3 May -
Alexander Chikwanda, 83, Finance Minister of
Zambia from 2011 to 2016.
Sports
*
Zambia women's national football team
The Zambia women's national football team, nicknamed the Copper Queens, represents Zambia in women's association football. There is also a Zambia women's national under-17 football team, a Zambia women's national under-20 football team, and Oly ...
Qualifies for the
2023 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup is scheduled to be the ninth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup competition, the quadrennial international women's football championship contested by the women's national association football teams organised ...
for the first time.
*
Zambia national football team win the 2022
COSAFA Cup
The COSAFA Cup or COSAFA Senior Challenge Cup is an annual tournament for teams from Southern Africa organized by Council of Southern Africa Football Associations (COSAFA), inaugurated after the ban against the Republic of South Africa had been ...
References
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2020s in Zambia
Years of the 21st century in Zambia
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