A warm 🇿🇲 welcome to the one & only Premier League trophy!

Delighted to have the famous EPL cup in #Zambia for first time in history.

Just need to make sure it's adorned in Villa colours next time!

It's #WorldMalariaDay . A future with less malaria is healthier for everyone:

👩🏿‍🏫 Healthier kids
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Families thriving
💪🏾 Stronger economies
🌍 A world closer to ending this preventable disease

I loved joining 🇬🇧 NGO Against Malaria Foundation's net distribution in #Kalabo .

25 April was #WorldMalariaDay . 🇬🇧 proud to support efforts to #EndMalaria in 🇿🇲 incl. through support to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and the The Global Fund to scale up vaccinations country wide.

Immunization is 1 of humanity’s greatest achievements saving millions of lives worldwide 💉 #immunisationweek

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Today is #WorldMalariaDay .

Thanks to UK-India collaboration the world now has two malaria vaccines.

But there's still more we can do.

We’re supporting MedAccess to make malaria prevention tools like nets more available and affordable to people in lower income countries.

In an increasingly dangerous and contested world, we need to spend more on defence.

This government has overseen the largest sustained increase in defence spending since the end of the Cold War and now we are increasing our defence budget to 2.5% of GDP.

Conservative…

We’re taking defence spending to 2.5% of GDP.

The biggest strengthening of our national defence for a generation.

Deputy High Commissioner Sam Waldock was in Mongu, where he visited families receiving emergency cash transfers under the social cash transfer #SCT prog.

UK has provided additional £7m to support Zambia’s most vulnerable. Watch 👇

British Peace Support Team (Africa) and Zambian Police Service trainers delivering the Operational Command 'Bronze Commanders' to Formed Police Unit section and platoon commanders. Led by the ZPS, capability in action. UKinZambia UK at the UN 🇬🇧🇺🇳

Good to catch up with 🇿🇲 Transport Minister, Hon. Frank Tayali. We discussed UK support to Zambia's one-stop border post at Nakonde & exchanged best practice on public & non-motorised urban transport planning with visiting TfL colleagues. We agreed to take a train ride together.

🌍 #EarthDay today, is a reminder of devastating effects of #climatechange to our Earth 🌍 and to us. In 🇿🇲, real time impact of #climatechange is clear, with current devastating drought.

🇬🇧 helping an additional 1m of 🇿🇲’s most vulnerable access emergency drought cash payments.

Royal Drummers camp outside Lealui Palace on eve of #Kuomboka .

Muzuhile Mongu! Muli shani?
#OneZambiaOneNation 🇿🇲🇿🇲

The Appproach to Mongu Harbour.
#Kuomboka #Zambia 🇿🇲

On my way to the World Bank #WBGMeetings in Washington D.C. Here’s why it will be an important moment 👇

Chifubu Level 1 Hospital ✅
#PromiseDelivered

Stunning hike around Lake Chilengwa near #Ndola .

Legend has it the lake is bottomless, mermaids lives here & if you try to shoot a bullet across the lake it will be sucked underwater.

I was unable to verify any of these claims during my visit today.

#GodsCreation #SuperbZambia

#Zambia has a long history, to this present day, of hosting refugees fleeing conflict & persecution elsewhere.

Today I visited the largely forgotten Polish cemetery in #Ndola , final resting place of many of the 18,000 Polish refugees who came here in 1943 fleeing war in Europe.

Democracy thrives where processes are transparent.

Where decisions impacting political participation are equitable, consistent & grounded in clear reasoning.

And where public bodies like Zambia Police are perceived to meet such standards by the public they serve.

Lusaka National Park welcomes its newest resident 🦏 !

Delighted to join Minister Rodney Malindi Sikumba at today's release of new animals into the Park.

Elephant, rhino, giraffe, hyena, zebra & more now call #Lusaka home. 1000s of schoolkids visit.

What a drawcard for a capital city!