All Africa (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga has warned that Zanu PF's continued intransigence on power-sharing could result in civil unrest as the population may lose confidence in a peaceful settlement of the country's political and economic crises.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 01/12/2008
SECOND Republican president Frederick Chiluba has advised Zambians against resorting to violence whenever they are aggrieved.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 28/11/2008
THE manner in which a constitution is finally adopted is crucial in determining its legitimacy, popularity and acceptability.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 20/11/2008
PARLIAMENT has scrapped the responsibility allowance for constitutional office holders and drastically reduced the special and utility allowances in the revised emolument bills that were approved yesterday.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
MMD spokesperson, Benny Tetamashimba, has said the issue of President Rupiah Banda leading the party should be left to the party national executive committee (NEC).
All Africa (Free subscription) | 15/11/2008
PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda has warned people perpetrating tension and violence in the country that the law will visit them.
Ethiopian Review (Free subscription) | 15/11/2008
By Shapi Shacinda LUSAKA, ZAMBIA (Reuters) - Zambia's new president fired the finance minister on Friday and the opposition leader challenged election results, ushering in a period of political and economic uncertainty for Africa's top copper producer. Finance Minister Ng'andu Magande competed for the leadership of the ruling Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) to contend October's election and is [...]
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
Lusaka - Zambia's newly-elected President Rupiah Banda on Friday fired finance minister N'gandu Magande, who ran against him for the presidential nomination of the ruling Movement for Multi-Party Democracy. Announcing his cabinet, Banda said Situmbek...
IOL (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
Newly-elected Zambian President Rupiah Banda has dismissed Finance Minister Ng'andu Magande.
Mail & Guardian (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
Zambian opposition leader Michael Sata on Friday launched a court challenge to demand a recount of the vote in the presidential election.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
Lusaka - Hundreds of protesters took to the streets in Zambia's north-central Copperbelt region Thursday to demand the release of a local radio journalist who was arrested Wednesday for alleged incitement in a post-election programme. The protesters,...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
THE Law Association of Zambia (LAZ) has said the current Cabinet is legitimate despite ministers having not taken the oath of allegiance to President Rupiah Banda.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 13/11/2008
I WAS pleasantly surprised on Tuesday night to discover South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) among my cable TV channels in the Washington DC area of the United States of America, my current home country.
Zambian Chronicle (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
Choose Your Language Of Preference Below French Version German Version Russian Version Spanish Version Portuguese Version Chinese Version Arabic Version By DR Robert E. Mtonga IT was as presidential as it was a large, pregnant speech. Some even called it a collector’s item. President Rupiah Banda, popularly known as RB by his colleagues clearly spelt out his vision for [...]
Ethiopian Review (Free subscription) | 12/11/2008
(GIN)—By a close margin, Zambians chose a centrist candidate, Rupiah Banda, as president in this southern African country. African regional electoral monitors said voting had been free and fair. At his swearing on Nov. 2, Banda promised “to be an agent of continuity, good governance and will campaign against corruption,… I also promise to fight poverty [...]
