2022 in Zambia

Events in the year 2022 in Zambia

← 2021 2020 2019 2022 in Zambia → 2023 2024 2025
Decades:	2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2022 Timeline of Zambian history

Incumbents

Photo	Post	Name
Kamala Harris meets with Hakainde Hichilema	President of Zambia	Hakainde Hichilema
	Vice President of Zambia	W.K. Mutale Nalumango

Events

• 24 March – The World Health Organization announces that a polio vaccination campaign will begin in Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia.^[1]
• 24 June – Zambia reports the first suspected cases of monkeypox.^[2]
• 15 December – Police in Zambia arrest a truck driver alleged to have transported 27 Ethiopian migrants found dead on the outskirts of Lusaka on Sunday. The bodies were dumped in a farm.^[3]
• 23 December – Zambia officially abolishes capital punishment.^[4]

Deaths

March

• 11 March – Rupiah Banda, 85, 4th Republican President of Zambia^[5]

May

• 3 May - Alexander Chikwanda, 83, Finance Minister of Zambia from 2011 to 2016.^[6]

Sports

• Zambia women's national football team Qualifies for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time.^[7]
• Zambia national football team win the 2022 COSAFA Cup^[8]

References

1. "Polio vaccination campaign kicks off in Malawi and neighboring countries". News-Medical.net. 2022-03-24. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
2. Chaponda, Dorothy (2022-06-20). "We're investigating a suspected monkeypox case - Masebo". Zambia: News Diggers!. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
3. "Zambia makes arrest over death of 27 foreigners-Xinhua". english.news.cn. Retrieved 2022-12-15.
4. "Zambia abolishes the death penalty". The Bangkok Post. 23 December 2022. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
5. "Zambia's ex-President Rupiah Banda dead at 85". 11 March 2022.
6. "Former Finance Minister Alexander Chikwanda has died". 3 May 2022.
7. "Zambia makes history - Reach WAFCON semi-finals, qualify for World Cup". 13 July 2022.
8. "Zambia are crowned HOLLYWOODBETS COSAFA Cup 2022 champions!". 17 July 2022.