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Veteran journalist Maureen Nkandu has filed for divorce from her husband of six years, Cosmas Chileshe, a fellow journalist and former Zambian diplomat.
The petition, filed at the Lusaka High Court, outlines an irreparably fractured marriage, with Chileshe consenting to the separation.
The couple, both divorcees, married on June 6, 2018, at the Lusaka Civic Center. However, their relationship, once promising, has since broken down, with the petition citing an irretrievable breakdown.
Nkandu, now based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, works as an Under-Secretary General for Public Relations with an inter-governmental organization, while Chileshe, a former diplomat at Zambia’s High Commission in Washington D.C., resides in Zambia.
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The two previously shared a home in Foxdale, Lusaka, but have since gone separate ways. While their marriage did not produce children, both partners entered the union with children from prior relationships—Nkandu with three children and Chileshe with six. Custody arrangements will likely follow each parent’s pre-marriage responsibilities.
The divorce petition references sections 8 and 9(1)(d) of the Matrimonial Causes Act No. 20, indicating that the marriage has reached an irreversible deadlock. With no ongoing proceedings in other jurisdictions or prior agreements on financial or custodial matters, Nkandu seeks formal dissolution of the marriage.
In 2018, Chileshe faced public scrutiny over his affair with Nkandu, which allegedly led to him abandoning his wife and four children. This allegedly resulted in his recall from his diplomatic post in the United States.
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