UK suspends funding for Zambia over corruption fears
The UK has frozen aid funding to Zambia, after its government admitted that $4.3m (£3.3m) meant for poor families had gone missing. The move follows allegations of corruption within President Edgar Lungu’s administration. The UK takes a “zero-tolerance approach to fraud and corruption”, the UK’s Department for International Development (DfID) said in a statement. Ireland, […]
Analyst Says Opposition’s Biti Was Refused Asylum as Payback for Interference
EARLIER this month opposition MDC Alliance principal Tendai Biti fled to Zambia where he sought political asylum in the deadly aftermath of the July 30 elections. However, in dramatic events widely condemned in Western capitals, Zambian authorities surprised by rejected Biti’s asylum application saying his reasons “did not have merit”. A Zambian political analyst based […]
Lungu to deport Tendai Biti back to Zimbabwe
LUSAKA – Edgar Lungu’s government has denied asylum to senior Zimbabwean opposition politician Tendai Biti, Zambian Foreign Minister Joe Malanji has told agencies. Ambassador Malanji said Mr. Biti had not been arrested but was rather detained in safe custody as the Zambian authorities awaited communication from the Zimbabwean government before he could be deported. “He […]
President Edgar Lungu to Attend Inauguration Ceremony of Turkish Counterpart Erdogan
PRESIDENT Edgar Lungu will attend the inauguration ceremony of his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on July, 9th, 2018. This is according to a press statement issued by Jerry Munthali, First Secretary for Press at the Embassy of the Republic of Zambia in Ankara, Turkey. Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Malanji said President Lungu is […]
Democracy means no freedom of speech! Police arrest man for insulting President Lungu on Facebook
POLICE in Lusaka have arrested a 29 year old man of Msolo Primary School in Samfya in connection with the defamatory statements against President Edgar Lungu. The suspect identified as Dickson Banda who allegedly posted a defamatory statement against the president on Facebook has also been charged for being in possession of pornographic material. Police […]
President Kenyatta Hold Talks With His Zambian Counterpart Lungu
President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Zambian counterpart Edgar Lungu at the weekend held bilateral talks focusing on ways to enhance economic and security cooperation between Kenya and the Southern Africa nation. The talks between the two leaders focused on how to enhance bilateral ties and increase cooperation in sectors including tourism, transport, trade, investment, air-link […]
No More Borrowings – President Edgar Lungu
President Edgar Lungu has instructed Ministry of Finance to suspend contraction of fresh debt and limit spending to projects nearing completion, among many crosscutting measures aimed at ensuring debt sustainability and economic stability. The Government will cancel some of the debts which have been contracted but have not been disbursed and those in the pipeline […]
Is Zambian Leader Building Million-Dollar Mansion in Swaziland?
State House spokesperson Amos Chanda says there is no impropriety involved in the transaction involving a gift of a piece of land given to President Edgar Lungu in the Royal Kingdom of eSwatini (formerly known as Swaziland). Speaking when he addressed the press at statehouse this afternoon, Chanda said the matter is a purely decision […]
Zambia passes state of threatened public emergency motion for 90 days
PARLIAMENT has adopted a motion tabled by Vice President Inonge Wina motion to confirm and extend the declaration of a state of threatened public emergency by President Edgar Lungu, in terms of Article 31(2) and (5) of the Constitution of Zambia. Parliament has passed to support declaration of a state of threatened public emergency declared […]
Lungu tries to have his cake and eat it: a state of emergency in all but name
For 24 hours rumours swirled through Zambia that President Edgar Lungu planned to initiate a state of emergency. When he finally took to the airwaves to make a special announcement he did something different. Invoking Article 31 of the constitution – Declaration Relating to Threatened Emergency – rather than Article 30 – Declaration of Public […]
