Zambia finally agreed to sell off its remaining state-owned mining assets in April 2000, enabling the much delayed rehabilitation of the mining sector to pick up pace. In the medium-term this should bring Zambians some relief from the difficult economic climate which has prevailed over recent years. However, President Frederick Chiluba's government has done little to shed its reputation for corruption and economic mismanagement. Meanwhile, the country is struggling to isolate itself from the conflicts afflicting its neighbours Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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