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Coronavirus in Africa – What to Do During the Lockdown

Coronavirus in Africa – What to Do During the Lockdown

The COVID-19 Virus is also present in Africa and the WHO urges this issue to be taken seriously. All around the world governments have...
Southern African countries zero in on Gaddafi assets

Southern African countries zero in on Gaddafi assets

Following South Africa's decision to freeze all Gaddafi’s assets in accordance with UN Security Council resolution Zambia has sought clarification on whether the resolution...
Zambia: President accused of bill amendment to get money

Zambia: President accused of bill amendment to get money

President Rupiah Banda of Zambia is concerned with his bank balance and has embarked on a campaign that would ensure a comfortable pension as...
Zambian separatists in treason charge as regional secession battles grow

Zambian separatists in treason charge as regional secession battles grow

Several Zambians, accused of clamoring for the secession of Barotseland in the western part of the country, were on Wednesday (19 January) dragged to...
Zambia: Coup plotter apologizes to Chiluba, asks for God’s forgiveness

Zambia: Coup plotter apologizes to Chiluba, asks for God’s forgiveness

The orchestrator of Zambia’s 1997 attempted coup, Captain Stephen Lungu (alias Captain Solo), has met Dr. Frederick Chiluba, the man whose government he wanted...
2011 elections in Zambia and Zimbabwe could be bloody

2011 elections in Zambia and Zimbabwe could be bloody

The 2011 elections in Zambia have been predicted to become the bloodiest ever if the government does not put in place measures to stop...
Zambia: Coup plotter set free on humanitarian grounds

Zambia: Coup plotter set free on humanitarian grounds

Zambia's most famous coup-plotter, who assembled 54 soldiers to forcible remove former leader Frederick Chiluba from power in 1997 has been set free...
Zambia: Sudan President’s invitation to summit questioned

Zambia: Sudan President’s invitation to summit questioned

The Zambian government has assured Sudanese president Omar Hassan Al-Bashir, who has been indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court, that he is...
‘Funny money’ from China a cause of Zambian mineworkers’ shootings?

‘Funny money’ from China a cause of Zambian mineworkers’ shootings?

Mineworkers unions in Zambia have condemned the shooting of 11 Collum Coal Mine workers in Sinazongwe by Chinese managers after they allegedly protested over...
Ethiopia, Ghana and ten African countries get medical education grants

Ethiopia, Ghana and ten African countries get medical education grants

The United States will invest $130 million over the next five years to transform African medical education and increase the number of health care...
Zambia: History to remember president over legalised corruption

Zambia: History to remember president over legalised corruption

Zambian President Rupiah Banda will forever be haunted for removing the abuse of office offence clause from the revised Anti Corruption Commission (ACC) Act,...
Namibians slam Zambian president over missing activists

Namibians slam Zambian president over missing activists

Zambian leader Rupiah Banda on Thursday faced a hostile reception on his state visit to neighboring Namibia over missing freedom fighters some 30 years...
Zambian President Banda warned of imminent ‘war’

Zambian President Banda warned of imminent ‘war’

Zambian president Rupiah Banda has been accused of “driving the country to the brink of civil war” as he is allegedly allowing policeman to...
Zambia President Rupiah Banda excoriated for apathy

Zambia President Rupiah Banda excoriated for apathy

An opposition political party in Zambia has launched a fierce attack on the country’s leader, Rupiah Banda saying he is now behaving like a...
Zimbabwe bullies Zambia for a ten year old debt

Zimbabwe bullies Zambia for a ten year old debt

Desperate situation calls for desperate measures, so goes the saying. But for one southern African nation with depleted coffers, those measures have been stretched...
Mixed reactions to Africa Cup of Nations draw

Mixed reactions to Africa Cup of Nations draw

Africa's prestigious football tournament's 2012 draw conducted last Saturday in DR Congo southern city of Lubumbashi has drawn interesting reactions. The 2012 Africa Cup of...
Zambian head says insulting him is ‘pornography’

Zambian head says insulting him is ‘pornography’

Zambian ruler, Rupiah Banda has advised his countrymen to switch off their radio sets anytime they hear a broadcast that insults him claiming that “insulting...
CECAFA 2009: Zambia breaks Kenya’s heart in opening football match

CECAFA 2009: Zambia breaks Kenya’s heart in opening football match

Hosts 'Harambe Stars' of Kenya started on a horrendous note loosing 2-0 to the clinical 'Chipolopolo boys' of Zambia, in the first match of...
Zambia should raise electricity bills, says World Bank official

Zambia should raise electricity bills, says World Bank official

The World Bank, which has in the past been accused of prescribing “suicidal economic policies” for third world countries, says Zambia should increase its...
Football: Zambia’s Sakuwaha rejects big Sudanese offer in favour of France for lower pay

Football: Zambia’s Sakuwaha rejects big Sudanese offer in favour of France for lower pay

French Ligue One side FC Lorient has offered Zambian footballer Jonas Sakuwaha a one year contract with a 3,000 euro monthly salary. Sakuwaha, who...
Zambia: Chiluba’s acquittal sets high hopes for ex Malawi president’s corruption case

Zambia: Chiluba’s acquittal sets high hopes for ex Malawi president’s corruption case

Former Zambian president Fredrick Chiluba has said he has “defeated the devil” and will now demand that his immunity from prosecution be restored. On...
Zambia: Ex President Frederick Chiluba goes home a free man

Zambia: Ex President Frederick Chiluba goes home a free man

A court in Zambia has acquitted former Zambia president Frederick Chiluba of all graft charges that where hanging over his head. Magistrate Jones Chinyama...
Zambia: President Chiluba gets weekend grace before prison term?

Zambia: President Chiluba gets weekend grace before prison term?

Former Zambia president Frederick Chiluba whose jail sentence was expected Friday after an unprecedented criminal trial, that should send a shiver down the spines...
Zambia: Withdrawing 5800 health licences to save lives?

Zambia: Withdrawing 5800 health licences to save lives?

Zambian authorities could be forced to de-register more than 5,800 health practitioners, including medical doctors as they have not renewed their 2009 practicing certificates. Medical...
Zambia records falling rates in HIV related deaths

Zambia records falling rates in HIV related deaths

More than 1,200 people died from AIDS-related diseases in Zambia last year while more than 38,700 other people were diagnosed with the virus which...
Namibia and Zambia get disaster warnings

Namibia and Zambia get disaster warnings

As the water level in the upper Zambezi River continues to climb past its highest levels ever, destroying crops and road networks, disaster officials...
Former Zambian first lady jailed on 5 counts of theft

Former Zambian first lady jailed on 5 counts of theft

A Zambian court has sent former First lady, Regina Chiluba to jail for three-and-a-half years for receiving stolen property. Chief resident magistrate,...
Zambia’s copper-dependent economy at a breaking point

Zambia’s copper-dependent economy at a breaking point

The international price of copper has fallen and Zambia's copper-dependent economy is at a breaking point. In the 1980s, the country produced about 750,000...
Zambia stops troops to DRC as Nkunda talks peace

Zambia stops troops to DRC as Nkunda talks peace

Zambia will not send its troops to the Democratic Republic of Congo as its defence forces are currently over-stretched with matters of internal security....
Zambia election recount : Party filing court documents

Zambia election recount : Party filing court documents

Zambia's losing presidential hopeful Michael Sata has called for a recount of the results after losing to Rupiah Banda who has since...