20110606
Xinhua
LUSAKA, June 6 (Xinhhua) -- Zambia's high commissioner to Botswana has said it has been virtually impossible to meet all the warring parties in the Madagascar political crisis, hence the decision to meet them in Botswana, the Zambia Daily Mail reported on Monday.

20110408
reuters

LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia has granted London-listed Frontier Resources International a licence to explore for oil in the southern African nation, bringing to three the number of companies so far licenced.

20110404
reuters

LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia has dropped the charges against two Chinese managers accused of attempted murder for the shooting and wounding of 11 coal miners during a protest over pay, a lawyer said on Monday.

20110325
Reuters

LUSAKA (Reuters) - More than 600 workers at Zambia's Chinese-owned Chambishi Copper Smelter have downed tools demanding a pay rise, bringing production at the plant to a halt, a union official said on Friday.

20110311
reuters

LUSAKA (Reuters) - An alliance between Zambia's two largest opposition parties collapsed on Friday, increasing President Rupiah Banda's chances of winning elections later this year.

20110308
reuters

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Zambia's President Rupiah Banda expects his MMD party to score an easy victory in an election in Africa's biggest copper producer that he says will be coming in a matter of months.

20110203
Xinhua
LUSAKA, March 2 (Xinhua) -- Some 38 people were feared dead when a boat capsized Tuesday night on Lake Mweru in Nchelenge district in north Zambia's Luapula province.

20110222
Times of Zambia

A STATEMENT attributed to Senior Chief Mwamba suggesting that there would be bloodshed in Zambia if Patriotic Front (PF) leader Michael Sata did not win this year's elections has rightly provoked the ire of Zambians who mean well for our country.

20110217
Xinhua
LUSAKA, Feb. 17 (Xinhua) -- The government of Zambia has said it would thoroughly investigate reports that some civil society organizations are planning to carry out clandestine activities to destabilize government operations, the Zambia Daily Mail reported on Thursday.

20110118
xinhua

LUSAKA, Jan. 18 (Xinhua) -- The government of Zambia has called for more exchange of ideas with Ghana to root out the causes of increased drug trafficking and money laundering in the two countries, the Times of Zambia reported on Tuesday.

20110115
reuters

LUSAKA (Reuters) - One person was shot dead and four others injured on Friday at a rally calling for the autonomy of western Zambia after police clashed with protesters, hospital sources said.

20110111
reuters

LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambian police have taken into custody two Chinese accused of shooting and wounding 11 coal miners for suspected violations of their release on bail, their lawyer said on Tuesday.

20110110
Nation

Chipata — Zambia's President Rupiah Banda has told his party members to take bribes but "vote with your conscience".

20110104
reuters

The master minder of Zambia's 1997 attempted coup Captain Stephen Lungu, alias Captain Solo, has met Frederick Chiluba - the man whose government he wanted to overthrow and apologised. Captain Lungu was given a presidential pardon last Wednesday after serving 13 years in jail. He met former president Chiluba in Lusaka and begged for forgiveness.

20121221
IRIN

Mansa — The minimum legal age for marriage in Zambia is 18, and parental consent is required if a girl or boy is 16-17. Anyone under 16 is a minor, and defilement of a minor is a serious offence, punishable by imprisonment of up to 25 years.

20101207
africanews

Lusaka — Zambia's High Court yesterday acquitted former president Frederick Chiluba's wife Regina, on charges of allegedly receiving stolen properties and quashed a three-and-half-year jail term slapped on her by a junior court.

20101207
africanews

Former Zambia President Fredrick Chiluba's wife, Regina, has been acquitted on graft charges. Regina was on Tuesday morning acquitted on all five counts she was convicted by a magistrate court.

20101128
africanews

World Soccer governing body FIFA have told the petitioners of the Kalusha Bwalya executive to wait for the elections in 2012 if they want change of administration. The news surfaced at FA emergency council meeting in the central part of the country through FIFA manager of associations Primo Corvaro.

20101016
IPS

Lusaka — Buoyed by government's fertiliser subsidy, Zambia's farmers produced 2.8 million tonnes of maize in the 2009/10 growing season. Initial delight over the increased harvest - up from 1.8 million tonnes the previous year - gave way to worry as farmers realised they could be stuck with most of the crop.

20101015
reuters

LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambian police on Saturday questioned two Chinese managers over the shooting and wounding of 11 miners protesting over pay and conditions, an official said.