Levy Mwanawasa

Zambia to import maize

Zambia has plans to import more maize next year to supplement its low yield. The country which apart from copper depends on agriculture for its economic development is reported to have experienced crop failure this year. The...

Zambia: Banda Says He Will Be President For All

Zambia: Rupiah's 'President of All Zambians' Speech Posted to the web 6 November 2008 Kennedy Limwanya IT had a resonance of Martin Luther King Jr's famous "I Have a Dream" speech delivered on August 28, 1963 in Washington...

Zambia election body to verify disputed votes

LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia's election commission will on Thursday begin verifying ballots cast in last week's controversial presidential vote to enable the opposition to challenge the result in court, officials said on Wednesday.

Country profile: Zambia

Zambia has moved from being a major copper producer and potentially one of the continent's richest countries at independence in 1964 to one of the world's poorest. Politics: The late president, Levy Mwanawasa, won respect for...

Zambia: Rupiah Sworn in at Colourful Ceremony

PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda was yesterday sworn in as the fourth Republican President during a colourful ceremony, with various political leaders urging the losing candidates to accept the election results and work together to...

'Country Has Invested Considerably in the Development of Democracy'

Posted to the web 3 November 2008 A Credit that Zambia as a nation can repeatedly blow the horn about is that since the return to multiparty politics in 1991, the country has invested considerably in the development of...

Sata keeps lead in Zambia's presidential election

LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambian opposition leader Michael Sata was still leading on Saturday in an election to head one of Africa's most stable and economically successful countries, but acting President Rupiah Banda appeared to be...

Car bomb hits Spanish university

only available in modern browsers."); } } Car bomb hits Spanish university Car bomb hits Spanish university A powerful car bomb exploded yesterday at a university in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona, wounding at least 15...

SADC Divided

Southern African Development Community (Sadc) leaders are on a collision course over Zimbabwe's faltering power-sharing agreement which they are due to discuss at an extraordinary summit, possibly next week.

Zambia opposition leader leads early poll results

Zambian election observers looks on as results are announced at the election center in Lusaka, Zambia, Friday, Oct. 31, 2008. Commission head Florence Mumba says results from 19 of 150 constituencies have been counted from...