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Tension, Uncertainty Grip Zambia Under Lungu’s Leadership

Tension, Uncertainty Grip Zambia Under Lungu’s Leadership

Long before President Edgar Lungu graced the screens on national television on the evening of July 5 to announce what his critics quickly labelled a state of emergency, there had been a build of tension in the country. Occasional fires were set on public property, with courts, electricity supply lines, and markets among popular targets […]

State of emergency declared in Zambia

State of emergency declared in Zambia

The burning of the country’s biggest market, which is the latest in a series of infernos, apparent celebrations of the tragedy and a subsequent state of emergency has driven a wedge further between the Zambian government and opposition parties as well as civil society organisations. Early on Tuesday, a fire ravaged the Lusaka City Market […]

Opposition Politician Mwamba Threatened Zambian President Lungu – Witness

Opposition Politician Mwamba Threatened Zambian President Lungu – Witness

Trial took off yesterday in the case in which United Party for National Development (UPND) vice-president for administration, Geoffrey Mwamba is charged with proposing violence against President Edgar Lungu with one witness testifying against the opposition leader. Celestine Mukandila, a law student and business executive told Lusaka magistrate, Nthandose Chabala that he heard Mwamba on […]

Zambia slides towards authoritarianism as IMF props up government

Zambia slides towards authoritarianism as IMF props up government

The speaker of the Zambian National Assembly, Patrick Matibini, has suspended 48 opposition legislators for 30 days as a punishment for unauthorised absence from the parliament. Their offence? To have been missing for President Edgar Lungu’s state of the nation address in March. The suspension of the MPs does not come as a great surprise. […]

Banda’s A Bad Political Advisor, Opposition Die Hard Chiluba Says

Banda’s A Bad Political Advisor, Opposition Die Hard Chiluba Says

The MMD Die hard Youth Wing has told former Lusaka Province MMD Chairperson William Banda to stop commenting on the political situation of the country because he has shown that he is a bad political advisor. William Banda is quoted in some sections of the media as having said that former Republican President Rupiah Banda […]

Zambian Singer Macky 2, Opposition In War of Words

Zambian Singer Macky 2, Opposition In War of Words

Opposition UPND supporters have waged a sustained campaign to slander and defame singer Macky 2 following his recent single Tilizon. The singer, whose real name is Mark Mulaza Kaira, recently released a singer which by any measure has grossly been mis-interpreted to suggests its a direct attack on opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema. UPND supporters claim […]

UPND MP, Keith Mukata, Arrested for Shooting His Security Guard to Death

UPND MP, Keith Mukata, Arrested for Shooting His Security Guard to Death

Opposition UPND Chilanga MP Keith Mukata has been arrested for allegedly shooting his security guard to death. According to preliminary reports gathered so far, Mukata is detained at Central Police in Lusaka following an incident in Rhodes Park last night. It’s believed that Mukata picked a fight with one of his concubine. In the process, […]

Court Upholds Treason Charges Against Zambian Opposition Leader

Court Upholds Treason Charges Against Zambian Opposition Leader

A bid by lawyers to have treason charges against Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema dropped has been rejected by a Lusaka court. Hichilema is accused of plotting to overthrow the government. Magistrate Greenwell Malumani ruled that his court did not have the authority to overturn treason charges brought against Zambian opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema. “The […]

President Lungu Creating Confusion to Justify State of Emergency – Zambian Opposition

President Lungu Creating Confusion to Justify State of Emergency – Zambian Opposition

Zambia’s main opposition party, the United Party for National Development (UPND), has reportedly accused President Edgar Lungu’s government of trying to frame it for arson, adding that this was part of the government’s plan to increase political repression. According to the BBC, Lungu said last week that he was contemplating imposing a state of emergency […]

Police On High Alert For Damage of Public Property Threat

Police On High Alert For Damage of Public Property Threat

Police say they are on high alert for the threat on damage of public property by suspected political forces. Lusaka Province Police Commissioner Nelson Phiri said that they were patrolling around strategic government institutions that may be targets for damage by alleged political agents. The country has seen the burning down of some markets and […]

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