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Officials detained for impounding truck amid fraud claims
Police in Zambia on Thursday detained five Patriotic Front (PF) officials who impounded a Ministry of Health truck on suspicion that it was carrying...
Zambian party seeks to bend rules for presidential term
Zambia’s Attorney-General, Mumba Malila and Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) president, Elijah Banda have dismissed accretions that the new president to be elected rule...
Zambian opposition wins back seat in parliamentary by-election
The opposition Patriotic Front (PF) in Zambia has recaptured the Kanchibiya seat in northern Mpika district after beating three other candidates in a parliamentary...
European Union to sign free trade agreement with Zambia after Ghana and La Côte d’Ivoire
Zambia will soon sign with the European Union (EU) an interim free trade agreement compatible with the rules of the World Trade Organisation (WTO)....
Zambia minister confirms mysterious killer disease
A mysterious illness with flu-like symptoms has broken out in Zambia, leaving three people dead so far.
According to Health Minister Brian Chituwo a South...
Mysterious disease from Zambia claiming lives in South Africa
A mysterious disease with symptoms of flu, bleeding and vomiting suspected to have originated from Zambia has claimed four lives in South Africa.
The Zambian...
Zambian defeats American in Global Boxing Union championship
Zambian female boxer Esther Phiri has won the Global Boxing Union (GBU) lightweight crown after defeating American opponent Hondi Hernandez in a contest held...
Serious injuries and death as a group of men try to extract mineral from bomb
One person died instantly while three others were seriously injured in Chipata district, eastern part of Zambia, after a landmine they were trying to...
Several people burnt to death in Zambian accident
Ten people were burnt to death when a Mitsubishi truck in which they were traveling over-turned, PANA reports, reported the state-run Zambia National Broadcasting...
Zambian politicians fight for power
The stage has been set for Zambia's presidential elections in October. Zambians go to the polls to elect the former president Levy Mwanawasa's replacement.
The...
Leader of Zambian opposition to take part in presidential by-elections
Zambia's opposition Patriotic Front (PF) leader Micheal Sata Tuesday successfully filed his nomination papers to stand for the 30 October presidential by-elections. Sata filed...
Japanese drivers win african international motor rally
Japanese drivers Hideaki Miyoshi and Hakaru Ichino Sunday made history when they convincingly won the Zambia International Rally and also clinched the 2008 FIA...
Zambian ruling party starts proceedings to adopt a presidential candidate
The national executive committee (NEC) of the ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) is meeting in Lusaka Friday to adopt the party’s candidate for...
President’s will for his country : Was he expecting death ?
As if he had a premonition of his death, Zambia’s late President Levy Mwanawasa’s pre-recorded a final farewell statement to the nation and left...
Mrs Mwanawasa pays tribute to late president and chides critics
There was an outpouring of grief with sympathisers breaking down when the casket of late Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa was driven into Parliament buildings...
Late President Mwanawasa’s widow to get inheritance from state
FORMER Zambian first lady, Maureen Mwanawasa is entitled to a salary equivalent to 50 per cent of that of a serving Head of...
Candidates file applications to replace Zambia’s late president Mwanawasa
Zambia's acting President Rupiah Banda and Finance Minister Ng'andu Magande have openly shown interest in standing for president come election time in November.
Two...
Mugabe mourns archrival’s death
Despite their frosty relationship, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe Thursday mourned the late Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, saying his death was a blow to the...
Kenyan President mourns his departed Zambian counterpart
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki on Tuesday mourned his departed Zambian counterpart, Levy Mwanawasa, describing him as an avid defender of justice who demonstrated his...
Conservation farming can counteract fertiliser prices
As fertiliser and petrol prices zoom and threaten food production in Zambia, farmers are being urged to adopt conservation farming.
The price of a 50kg...
Africa mourns the death of an exemplary President
Zambia’s President Levy Mwanawasa is dead, Vice-President Rupiah Banda announced Tuesday in an address to the nation on the state-run radio and television stations.
Banda...
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa’s condition critical
The team of doctors treating Zambia’s ailing President Levy Mwanawasa in Paris, France, have described his condition as serious, Vice President Rupiah Banda disclosed...
Hastings Bwalya’s passport dilemma ahead of Beijing Olympics
Hastings Bwalya, Zambia’s gold medal hopeful at next month’s Beijing Olympics is still without a passport almost a month after passing through the country...
Minister slammed for suggesting replacement for ‘paralysed’ President
Zambia's ruling party on Monday rebuked a senior member after saying it was time to begin the process of choosing a successor for stricken...
Is President hitting it out with divorced former First Lady ?
Is Malawian President Bingu Mutharika doing the Madiba Act?
Well not that he is turning 90 or being jailed for 27 years, Mutharika is reportedly...
Apologies from the man who announced Zambian president’s death and why he did it
THE person who allegedly tipped a South African radio station last week that Zambian leader Levy Mwanawasa had died has apologised.
Zambia media reports today...
Zambian gov’t spokeperson informs public on President’s state
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa is scheduled to undergo medical examinations at the Percy Military hospital in Paris, France, chief government spokesperson, Mike Mulongoti said...
President Levy Mwanawasa’s state of health still an issue?
The Zambian government insisted today that President Levy Mwanawasa was alive - denying media reports he had died in a Paris hospital - and...
Zambian gov’t spokesman says President Levy Mwanawasa is alive and accuses BBC and SKY news
Zambias chief government spokesman Mike Mulongoti has refuted international media reports that President Levy Mwanawasa is dead, saying the president is well and alive....
Did Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa die in Paris ?
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa, who was evacuated to Paris, France, for specialist treatment, as announced by Vice President Rupiah Banda Tuesday night, is reported...