By Louis Goss Zambia’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has launched an investigation into an alleged $3m (£2.65m) payment made by commodities giant Glencore to a political party in the southern African country. In a statement, the Zambian corruption watchdog said the investigation is centred on the circumstances under which Glencore allegedly paid the $3m sum before leaving Zambia in 2021 by selling its stake in its local Mopani Copper Mines subsidiary. Glencore’s exit saw the multinational sell its stake in Mopani to Zambia’s state-owned mining company ZCCM for a sum of just $1 last year, th…