Category Archives: Zambia

Zambia News

Are foreign farmers undermining food security in Zambia?

November 3, 2012 1 comment

LUSAKA, Nebert Mulenga - (IPS) - Increased agricultural development in Zambia will actually compromise the country’s food security as peasant farmers continue to be driven off their customary land to...

Zambia bans ‘Killer’ Liquor sachets

September 15, 2012 no comments

LUSAKA, (INSP) - About a dozen men aimlessly wander around what seems like a prison courtyard. Most of them appear completely disoriented, a confused gaze in their eyes. A shivering old man staggers ...

Two Zambians sustain injuries as chopper crash-lands bursting into fla...

August 6, 2012 1 comment

A gloomy mood engulfed Wilson Airport on Sunday afternoon minutes after 1pm when a chopper accidentally crashed and burst into flames seconds after taking off from the runway. Two occupants said to b...

Horticulture can turn around Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia economies

December 5, 2011 no comments

Lilongwe – The marketing of horticultural crops such as bananas and mangoes can heavily contribute to the economic growth of Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia, a joint report by the International I...

Zambia holds peaceful elections despite fears of violence

September 22, 2011 no comments

LUSAKA, (IPS) – Only two incidents of violence, triggered by the late start of voting and the suspicion of electoral fraud, were reported as Zambians went to the polls to elect a new president and go...

National elections set for September in Zambia

July 28, 2011 no comments

President Rupiah Banda of Zambia has said that his country will hold national elections in September. He also made the point that he will run for his first full five-year term. President Rupiah Banda...

Employment minister sacked in Zambia

February 19, 2011 no comments

LUSAKA, February 19, 2011 (AFP) – Zambia’s President Rupiah Banda on Saturday sacked his minister of employment for comments he allegedly made to the media “ridiculing” senior...

Zambia’s former defence Minister accuses President Banda of stifling d...

September 7, 2010 no comments

George Mpombo is Zambia’s former defence minister. He was expelled Saturday from the ruling MMD Party along with former finance minister Ng’andu Magande, for what the party called, making incessant a...

Zambia snubs UK Court over Chiluba ruling

August 22, 2010 no comments

The high court in Lusaka, Zambia, has ruled last week that Zambian laws did not allow the enforcement of rulings made in London. This has  caused an outcry from the main opposition Patriotic Front (P...

Holland is Accused of Funding Zambia’s Opposition Party

May 5, 2010 no comments

The Netherlands has been accused of financing the main opposition party in Zambia. The charge which threatens to raise tensions with donors who froze funding for AIDS and other health programmes last...

The Trouble with the Ruling MMD Party in Zambia

April 20, 2010 2 comments

As the presidential elections loom in 2011, the major political parties in Zambia have been making efforts to win the hearts and minds of the people, as confidence in the government continues to slid...

Top Military Commanders Sacked in Zambia

April 8, 2010 1 comment

In Zambia, the President, Rupiah Banda on Wednesday retired and replaced the country’s top military commanders and their deputies, including army commander General Isaac Chisuzi, Air Force commander ...

Chiluba: NOT GUILTY

August 18, 2009

Frederick Chiluba was accused of embezzling over half a million dollars during his presidency over a period of ten years. But a Zambian judge has ruled that the funds could not be traced to Zambian g...

IPI: Zambia Government Intimidates Journalists

July 20, 2009 no comments

Concern has been expressed by The International Press Institute over the arrest and upcoming trial of Zambia Post newspaper Editor Chansa Kabwela. The group reportedly said the Zambian government is ...