Tag Archives: LUSAKA
By Nse Udoh Police in Chinsali District, Muchinga Province have intercepted a vehicle carrying 11 Ethiopian illegal immigrants. This is the second time in four days that officers in Chinsali have cornered such immigrants. Muchinga Province Police commissioner Remmy Kajoba … read more »
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At least 53 people have died in a road accident north of the Zambian capital, Lusaka. Reports suggest that a bus taking passengers from a mining district to the capital collided with an oncoming truck. The bus, operated by the … read more »
Zambia will play Ethiopia in their opening 2013 Africa Cup Group C match in Nelspruit. The African champions have been drawn against Burkina Faso, 1994 champions Nigeria and 1962 winners Ethiopia in Group C at next year’s finals. Zambia will … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Ethiopia, Soccer, Sports, Zambia
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Tagged Africa Nations Cup, Angola, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d'Ivoire, IndepthAfrica, indepthafrica africa news, Ivory Coast, LUSAKA, Zambia. Edit
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Here are those groups in full: Group A: South Africa, Cape Verde, Morocco, Angola. Group B: Ghana, DR Congo, Niger, Mali. Group C: Zambia, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Nigeria. Group D: Ivory Coast, Algeria, Tunisia, Togo.
A group of lawyers representing various opposition parties in Zambia have announced the formation of The Coalition for the Defence of Democratic Rights (CDDR), an organization which will work within both local and international legal structures to halt the violation … read more »
Gershom Ndhlovu Zambia recently woke up to a story in state-owned media that a group calling itself Tongas Under Oath had killed two people belonging to President Michael Sata’s ethnic group, and was now in the process of removing settlers … read more »
The Anyiam-Osigwe family of Nigeria says none of its members or their company received any payment or compensation from the government of Zambia for crude oil supply. In a protest letter to the Deputy High Commissioner, Zambian High Commission, Abuja, … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, Southern Africa, Spotlight, West Africa, Zambia
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Tagged Banda, George Zulu, IndepthAfrica, LUSAKA, Nigeria, Permanent Secretary, Rupiah Banda, United States, Zambia
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Anyiam-Osigwe: we didn’t participate in any oil transaction DID Zambia pay a Nigerian businessman $5million commission for crude oil that was never delivered? “Not a single drop” was transported to Zambia, Mines, Energy and Water Development Permanent Secretary George Zulu … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Southern Africa, Spotlight, Zambia
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Tagged $5million, IndepthAfrica, LUSAKA, nation, Nigeria, Petroleum, Politics of Nigeria, Zambia, Zulu
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Zambia’s main opposition leader was arrested Monday and charged with publishing false information after he claimed that ruling party youth were being trained by Sudanese militia, police said. Hakainde Hichilema, the leader of the United Party for National Development (UPND), … read more »
Posted in News, Southern Africa, Spotlight, Zambia
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Tagged Africa Countries, africa facts, africa for kids, africa karl wolf, africa lyrics, Africa news, africa news today, africa song, africa toto, african food, African History, Hakainde Hichilema, Hichilema, IndepthAfrica, LUSAKA, Michael Sata, reuters africa news, Sudan, United Party for National Development, UPND, Zambia
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ZIMBABWEAN President Robert Mugabe feels that Zambia and his country should move away from looking at their ‘land-locked’ geographical position as a curse and quickly turn it into an opportunity. Mugabe has suggested a new approach and term of looking … read more »
Posted in News, Southern Africa, Spotlight, Zimbabwe
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Lagos and Abuja — Tom Mboya and Evanson Nyaga, both from Kenya, were last weekend awarded the top prize at the CNN MultiChoice African Journalist 2012 Awards. Tom and Evanson, won for their work ‘African Tribe in India’, which was … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, East Africa, Kenya, News
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The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group (http://www.afdb.org) is organizing a High Level Policy Dialogue Seminar on Youth Employment in Africa in Lusaka, Zambia, which will focus on the challenges and opportunities faced by the following countries in the Southern Africa … read more »
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Zambian President Michael Sata has warned foreign diplomats against meddling in Zambia’s internal affairs. The warning came after opposition leaders reportedly met with European Union officials in Lusaka over the government’s suspension of three judges. Information Minister Fackson Shamenda said … read more »
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Harare – Zimbabwe’s northern neighbour Zambia says it has struck a deal to sell 300 000 tons of maize to ease food shortages in Zimbabwe, the region’s former breadbasket. The Zambian state Food Reserve Agency said in a statement made … read more »
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Former Zambian Vice President George Kunda died Monday at the University Teaching Hospital in the capital, Lusaka. Kunda served as vice president in former President Rupiah Banda’s administration before his party lost to current President Michael Sata’s Patriotic Front Party … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, Southern Africa, Zambia
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Tagged Africa news, African news, George Kunda, IndepthAfrica, LUSAKA, Michael Sata, Patriotic Front, Rupiah Banda, University Teaching Hospital, Zambia, Zambia Post
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Lusaka – Zambia’s main opposition Movement for Multi-Party Democracy said on Saturday it was pleased with a decision by the country’s top court that saved it from being dissolved. The decision by the high court a day earlier was “proof … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged africa african news, Embassies and Consulates, Government, Indepth Africa Magazine, indepthafrica africa news, LUSAKA, Michael Sata, Movement for Multi-Party Democracy, Rupiah Banda, Zambia
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LUSAKA, Zambia, March 13, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission visited Lusaka February 29–March 13, 2012 to conduct discussions for the Article IV consultation.1 The mission had fruitful discussions with Hon. Alexander Chikwanda, Minister of … read more »
Posted in Documents, IMF, Miscellaneous, Press Releases
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Tagged africa african news, Board of Directors, Current account, Economic growth, Executive Board, Fiscal policy, indepthafrica africa news, International Monetary Fund, LUSAKA, Zambia
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Lusaka – Zambia has no plans to amend laws that outlaw homosexuality, a government spokesperson said in Lusaka on Thursday, following speculation of a change in response to a recent call from United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. “The laws … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, Southern Africa, Zambia
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Ban Ki-moon, Christian right, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, LUSAKA, Michael Sata, Secretary-General of the United Nations, United Nations, Zambia
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By Cameron Duodu Sleazy goings-on in nughtclubs around Lusaka, the presence of legendary old man KK at the stadium in Libreville, memories of the 1993 tragedy in which nearly the entire national side was killed in Gabon… all worked together … read more »
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Tagged Africa Cup of Nations, Côte d'Ivoire, Didier Drogba, Gabon, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kalusha Bwalya, Libreville, LUSAKA, Zambia
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Lusaka – Zambians poured out of their houses, clubs and bars to celebrate in the streets early on Monday after watching their team beat Ivory Coast 8-7 on penalties in the African Cup finals. It was a bittersweet victory in … read more »
Posted in 2013 Africa Cup of Nations, Sports, Spotlight
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Tagged Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Guy Scott, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Libreville, LUSAKA, Michael Sata, Rupiah Banda, Zambia
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Lusaka – A former Zambian transport and communications minister was charged with abuse of office on Monday over irregularities in the awarding of a tender for a new airport radar system, police said. Dora Siliya, who served as minister under … read more »
Posted in News, Southern Africa, Zambia
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Tagged IndepthAfrica, Libya, LUSAKA, Lusaka International Airport, Michael Sata, Rupiah Banda, Siliya, Zambia, Zamtel
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Canada’s First Quantum Minerals said on Wednesday that a strike at its flagship Zambian copper mine was illegal. Workers at the Kansanshi mine, Zambia’s largest copper mine which produced 231,000 tonnes of the red metal in 2010, downed tools on … read more »
Posted in Business, Economy
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Tagged Canada, Copper extraction techniques, First Quantum Minerals, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, LUSAKA, Michael Sata, Zambia
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Nigerians in Zambia are being subjected to unpleasant treatment allegedly on the direct orders of the newly-inaugurated President Michael Sata. Already, many Nigerians with genuine papers living and doing legitimate business in the southern African country have been deported for … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, Southern Africa, Spotlight, West Africa, Zambia
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Tagged Daily Nation, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, LUSAKA, Michael Sata, Patriotic Front, Rupiah Banda, Sata, Thursday, Zambia
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December 2, 2011 by benim
Lusaka, 24 November: It’s 5am on the eve of the International Day of No Violence Against Women that kicks off the Sixteen Days of Activism campaign. My alarm rings barely six hours after I arrive in the Zambian capital and … read more »
September 23, 2011 by benim
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 »
Posted in Article, News, Politics, Southern Africa, Zambia
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Tagged Banda, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Kenneth Kaunda, LUSAKA, Michael Sata, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Rupiah Banda, Sata, Southern Africa, United National Independence Party, West Africa, Zambia
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September 23, 2011 by benim
Lusaka – Wiping away a tear, Zambian president Rupiah Banda conceded electoral defeat on Friday to opposition leader Michael Sata and urged his supporters in Africa’s biggest copper producer to accept the result peacefully. “The people of Zambia have spoken … read more »
September 23, 2011 by benim
Lusaka – Michael Sata, the populist leader of Zambia’s opposition, was declared the country’s next president early on Friday, after a tense election marred by outbursts of violence that left two people dead. Sata’s own supporters, fearful that President Rupiah … read more »
Posted in Election, News, Politics, Southern Africa, Zambia
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Tagged Banda, Indepth Africa Magazine, LUSAKA, Michael Sata, Movement for Multi-Party Democracy, Rupiah Banda, Sata, Zambia
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September 22, 2011 by benim
Lusaka – European Union observers on Thursday criticised the abuse of state resources by Zambia’s ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) party in general elections held on Tuesday. “There has not been a level playing field. State resources were used … read more »
Posted in News, Politics, Southern Africa, Zambia
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Tagged European Union, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, LUSAKA, Michael Sata, Movement for Multi-Party Democracy, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Rupiah Banda, Southern Africa, West Africa, Zambia, Zambia National Broadcasting Corporation
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September 22, 2011 by benim
Lusaka – Riots erupted on Thursday in two Zambian mining towns over the slow pace of results from this week’s polls, as European Union observers accused the ruling party of abusing state resources in the campaign. The tense election pits … read more »
Posted in Election, News, Southern Africa, Zambia
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Tagged European Union, Kitwe, LUSAKA, Michael Sata, Movement for Multi-Party Democracy, Patriotic Front, Rupiah Banda, Zambia
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September 21, 2011 by benim
Opposition leader Michael Sata took a strong lead in Zambia’s presidential election on Wednesday, although with only 10 percent of votes counted it was unclear if he could achieve a historic transfer of power. Sata toned down his rhetoric against … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Politics, Southern Africa, Zambia
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Tagged Banda, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, LUSAKA, Michael Sata, Movement for Multi-Party Democracy, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Rupiah Banda, Sata, Southern Africa, West Africa, Zambia
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