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Democracy Is Under Challenge In Zambia

Zambia, like many African nations, suffered a dearth of democracy while gaining statehood. Independence leader Kenneth Kaunda created a one-party state which took years to overturn. Yet concern is rising over the current government’s willingness to play the undemocratic tricks … read more »

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Why Zimbabwe (and Africa) is so poor

Eddie Cross says that without property rights there can be no real progress Fundamentals for the Future – Property Rights In 1980 when Zimbabwe became a democratic State after 86 years of government by various white settler dominated governments, the … read more »

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South Sudan and the death penalty

By Jerome Starkey, Reuters JUBA, South Sudan — On Christmas Eve last year, a 27-year-old hospital porter from Central Equatoria drank himself into oblivion and woke up the next day in a police cell, accused of a double murder. Martin … read more »

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Zambia: Sata’s dictatorship should be fought

By Wright K Musoma President Sata is just scaring all the diplomats accredited to Zambia by threatening to expel them out of the country if they interfered in the internal affairs of our country. Admittedly, yes according to diplomatic at … read more »

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In defence of the new AU headquarters

By Okello Oculi How genuine is the anger that has been expressed in some quarters about Africa accepting a gift of the new African Union headquarters from China? There are so many other issues of urgent concern around the continent … read more »

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Virgin Zimbabwe… Secret cable shows how Sir Richard Branson ‘led plot to remove Mugabe’

Sir Richard Branson funded a secret project to try to secure the end of Robert Mugabe’s regime in Zimbabwe, leaked diplomatic cables have revealed. An international initiative founded by the 61-year-old Virgin boss apparently launched a plot to persuade the … read more »

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Zambia’s new president reaches out

Lusaka – Zambia’s new president is making gestures to unify his nation, reaching out to the west and east. Speaking to reporters on Thursday, Michael Sata said he was appointing investigators to look into violence in western Zambia earlier this … read more »

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Zambia Michael Sata sworn in

Zambian opposition leader Michael Sata has been sworn in as president after beating incumbent Rupiah Banda in a tightly contested election. Mr Sata, who had run for the presidency four times, was declared the winner with 43% of the vote. … read more »

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Kaunda votes in Zambia election

Lusaka – Zambia’s independence leader and former president Kenneth Kaunda on Tuesday called for peace as he cast his ballot in elections marred by rioting in the capital’s slums. “This is an extremely important occasion when Zambia is organising itself … read more »

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Banda leads Zambia election race: just

Zambian President Rupiah Banda has a narrow lead over opposition leader Michael Sata ahead of September 20 elections although a number of undecideds mean an upset is still possible, according to an opinion poll published on Wednesday. The survey by … read more »

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Who Killed Josiah Tongogara And Herbert Chitepo?

News that more than 300 members of the Zimbabwe Republic Police including recruits are headed for a tour of former camps of ZANLA and ZIPRA guerillas in Mozambique and Zambia made interesting reading. More fascinating is the picture of a … read more »

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Zambia: Frederick Chiluba dies

Lusaka – Frederick Chiluba, Zambia’s first democratically elected president who fought off corruption charges after standing down, has died aged 68, local media reported on Saturday. The cause of death was not immediately clear. Chiluba suffered from a chronic heart … read more »

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