Power and Politics
Lungu justifies calls for early elections, cites economic hardship, historical precedents
Ex-president Edgar Lungu says the call for early elections is a normal political pattern not only in Zambia but also in the United ...
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‘Govt scheming, plotting to arrest me at night,’ Ex-President Lungu alleges in Facebook post
The Zambia Police Service has reportedly opened 25 dockets against ex-president Edgar Lungu. The 25 dockets are allegedly based on formal complaints from ...
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‘Quiz Minister Nkombo or…,’ United Kwacha Alliance issues 14-day ultimatum to police over alleged burning of lawmaker’s house
The United Kwacha Alliance (UKA) has given the police a fourteen-day ultimatum to call Local Government and Rural Development Minister, Gary Nkombo, for ...
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Govt discontinues money laundering case against party leader, Fube
The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Gilbert Phiri, has discontinued proceedings against Lusaka lawyer and politician, Kelvin Bwalya Fube (KBF), and data clerk, ...
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Socialist Party youths join calls for early elections, as Zambia grapples with national crisis
The Socialist Party youths have supported ex-president Edgar Lungu’s call for President Hakainde Hichilema to call for early elections. Party General-Secretary for the ...
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New Heritage Party petitions Human Rights Commission over repeated police restrictions on political rallies
The New Heritage Party has written to the Human Rights Commission requesting intervention in the matter of unlawful restrictions on political rallies by ...
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Again, ruling party, UPND, finds fault with ex-President Lungu’s rise to power
The United Party for National Development (UPND) has characterised former President Edgar Lungu’s statement regarding his path to the presidency as self-incrimination. The ...
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Hichilema names Mumba as SADC Electoral Observation Mission to Madagascar
President Hakainde Hichilema has appointed former Supreme Court Judge, Florence Mumba, as the head of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Electoral Observation ...
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President Hichilema vows to recover borrowed funds but allegedly stolen by past govt
President Hakainde Hichilema has vowed to recover all the borrowed money that was looted under the previous regime, and led to Zambia’s huge ...
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Govt welcomes proposals for provision of allowances to ex-Vice presidents
The government has welcomed Citizens First’s proposal to bring the issue of providing allowances for the subsistence needs of former vice presidents before ...