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Zambian Citizens Seeking Food Aid Killed in Stampede

Zambian Citizens Seeking Food Aid Killed in Stampede

At least eight people were killed in a stampede as thousands of Zambians, who have been affected by a humanitarian crisis caused by a prolonged and severe drought in southern Africa, scrambled for food handouts, police said. The stampede on Monday in the capital Lusaka took place at a public sports centre where a church […]

Zambia’s Edgar Lungu Sworn in As President

Zambia’s Edgar Lungu Sworn in As President

Zambia has sworn in President Edgar Lungu amidst protests by the opposition, claiming that the polls were rigged. Tough challenges await the new leader in a country that has been deeply divided along tribal lines. Regional leaders who attended the swearing-in ceremony that was boycotted by the opposition included Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe who been in […]

Besigye Sworn as the president of Uganda in Kampala

Besigye Sworn as the president of Uganda in Kampala

In a day of dramatic events in Kampala, on the eve of President Yoweri Museveni’s inauguration, opposition leader Kizza Besigye was ‘sworn in’ as the president of Uganda. Dr Besigye running on the Forum for Democratic Change party ticket received 35.61 per cent to Museveni’s 60.62 per cent of the vote, which he rejected, claiming […]

Zambia National Airline To Begin Operating In 2016

Zambia National Airline To Begin Operating In 2016

Edgar Lungu says the government has made significant progress in establishing a national airline which is scheduled to start operating in 2016. President Lungu in his parliamentary address this morning said the aviation sector had potential to contribute to tourism development, increased business and transformation of Zambia’s economy. “In this regard, government has commenced the […]

Zambia’s President Lungu gives 2nd chance to 332 death row inmates

Zambia’s President Lungu gives 2nd chance to 332 death row inmates

Zambia’s President Edgar Lungu on Thursday reduced the sentence of 332 prisoners awaiting death by hanging to life imprisonment to ease maximum security prison congestion. Crimes that could be punishable by death include murder, treason and robbery with a deadly weapon, although Zambia has not executed any prisoners since 1997. During a visit to Mukobeko […]

President Peter Mutharika Snubs Zambia’s Edgar Lungu

President Peter Mutharika Snubs Zambia’s Edgar Lungu

The 51st Independence celebrations did not just go down without any executive scandal as Malawi President Peter Mutharika gave a cold shoulder to the Zambian President Edgar Chagwa Lungu who was the only President that graced the occasion which has been billed at K300 million. The proceedings saw the Zambian President deliver a powerful speech […]

Load Shedding Can’t Be Blamed On Lungu: Lusambo

Load Shedding Can’t Be Blamed On Lungu: Lusambo

The Movement for Multiparty and Democracy (MMD) youths have charged that it is irresponsible and unfair to blame President Lungu’s administration for the current load shedding that the country is experiencing. MMD Youth National Secretary Bowman Lusambo says President Lungu has only been in office for six months and it is unreasonable to expect him […]

Political Turbulences Weakening SADC – Edgar Lungu

Political Turbulences Weakening SADC – Edgar Lungu

President Edgar Lungu has expressed concern with political turbulences that have affected some Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) countries in the recent past, according to a report by ZANIS. President Lungu has since called for dialogue among the leaders of the affected countries. President Lungu said this when he held a bilateral meeting with Lesotho […]

Zambia Has Made Strides in Women Empowerment

Zambia Has Made Strides in Women Empowerment

President Edgar Lungu has said Zambia and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have made realistic and significant strides in empowering women in different spheres of development. Meanwhile, the 25th Ordinary Session of the Heads of State of the African Union (AU) opened yesterday with the chairperson Robert Mugabe calling on Africa to leverage its […]

President Edgar Lungu Mourns With Ghana

President Edgar Lungu Mourns With Ghana

President Edgar Lungu has expressed sadness at the death of more than 200 people in an explosion at a petrol station in Ghana. President Lungu, however, noted that Zambia could draw lessons from the disaster in Accra by avoiding having highly inflammable substances in densely populated areas. He said when he signed in the book […]

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