ZAMBIA-LUSAKA-CHINA-FRIENDSHIP ROAD-GROUNDBREAKING

ZAMBIA-LUSAKA-CHINA-FRIENDSHIP ROAD-GROUNDBREAKING

(240529) -- LUSAKA, May 29, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- Garry Nkombo, Zambia's minister of local government and rural development, delivers a speech at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Zambia-China Friendship Road in Lusaka, Zambia, May 27, 2024. TO GO WITH "Chinese envoy hails "unbreakable" ties with Zambia" (Photo by Wang Chunyan/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

ZAMBIA-LUSAKA-CHINA-FRIENDSHIP ROAD-GROUNDBREAKING

ZAMBIA-LUSAKA-CHINA-FRIENDSHIP ROAD-GROUNDBREAKING

(240529) -- LUSAKA, May 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Garry Nkombo, Zambia's minister of local government and rural development, delivers a speech at the groundbreaking ceremony of the Zambia-China Friendship Road in Lusaka, Zambia, May 27, 2024. TO GO WITH "Chinese envoy hails "unbreakable" ties with Zambia" (Photo by Wang Chunyan/Xinhua)

Landmark deal sets world on path of reversing biodiversity loss

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