20111222
Reuters
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia's President Michael Sata has appointed as the country's chief prosecutor a renowned corruption-busting lawyer, in move seen as signalling his new government is serious about its fight against graft.

20111201
Reuters
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambian police charged a former labour minister with receiving stolen property after 2.1 billion kwacha was found buried at his farm, in the first high-profile case in a graft crackdown under new President Michael Sata.

20111103
Reuters
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Chinese mining companies in Zambia, Africa's biggest copper producer, are routinely flouting laws designed to protect workers' safety and the right to organise, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Thursday.

20111018
Reuters
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia miners at Chinese-owned NFC Africa Mining went on strike again on Tuesday after the company refused to raise their wages by nearly 100 percent as agreed last week, the National Union of Mine and Allied Workers said.

20111016
Reuters
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia's new President Michael Sata announced plans to overhaul the constitution on Friday, the latest step in his top-to-bottom review of the way Africa's top copper producer is run.

20111009
Reuters
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Zambia's new president, Michael Sata, is refusing to attend a regional summit in neighbouring Malawi unless Lilongwe apologises for calling him a prohibited immigrant during a 2006 visit when he was the opposition leader.

20111006
Reuters
LUSAKA (Reuters) - About 2,000 Zambian workers at NFC Africa Mining, majority-owned by China Nonferrous Metals Mining Corporation, have gone on a strike for higher wages two weeks after a new president took office, pledging to improve conditions at Chinese-owned mines.

20111006
Reuters
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia has appointed a new deputy governor at the central bank but has yet to name a new governor, the bank's spokesman said on Wednesday.

20111005
Reuters
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia has fired one of its deputy central bank governors, a source said on Wednesday, the latest move by newly elected President Michael Sata to remove vestiges of the previous administration.

20110927
Reuters
LUSAKA (Reuters) - New Zambian President Michael Sata told Beijing on Monday he welcomed Chinese companies investing in Africa's biggest copper producer but only if they obeyed the law, especially by employing more Zambian workers.

20110925
Reuters
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia's new leader Michael Sata will struggle to deliver quickly on his economic promises to the young and unemployed voters who propelled him to power without upsetting foreign investors in Africa's biggest copper producer, analysts said on Saturday.

20110924
press tv
New Zambian President Michael Sata (R) takes the oath of office in Lusaka on September 23, 2011.

20110924
Reuters
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambian opposition leader Michael Sata, a critic of Chinese investment, was sworn in as president on Friday after an upset poll victory that ushered in a smooth handover of power in Africa's biggest copper producer.

20110923
Reuters
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambian opposition leader Michael Sata was declared the winner of the presidential election on Friday, defeating incumbent Rupiah Banda to head Africa's biggest copper producer after polls marred by violence.

20110922
Reuters
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Youths went on the rampage on Thursday in northern Zambia's Copper Belt, a stronghold of opposition leader Michael Sata who is leading the race to become the next president of Africa's biggest copper producer.

20110921
Reuters
LUSAKA (Reuters) - A slow count delayed the first results from Zambia's presidential election which remains too close to call, officials said on Wednesday.

20110920
Reuters
LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambians voted on Tuesday in a closely contested election between incumbent Rupiah Banda and opposition leader Michael Sata, who has been a vocal critic of foreign investment in Africa's biggest copper producer, most notably from China.

20110621
Xinhua
LUSAKA, June 21 (Xinhua) -- A man who attempted to overthrow the government of Zambia's late president Fredrick Chiluba described him as a true democrat and a man of the people, the Zambia Daily Mail reported on Tuesday.

20110618
Xinhua
LUSAKA, June 18 (Xinhua) -- Former Zambian president Fredreick Chiluba died Saturday at the age of 68.

20110607
Reuters
LUSAKA (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is projecting economic growth of 7.4 percent for Zambia in 2012 from 6.8 percent this year, Finance minister Situmbeko Musokotwane said on Tuesday.