Zambia News

PRESIDENT Rupiah Banda yesterday visited the funeral house of the late MMD Milanzi member of Parliament , Reuben Chisanga-Banda in Chipata.

PATRIOTIC Front Southern Province coordinator Opper Hamiyanze has condemned United Party for National Development president Hakainde Hichilema for his failure to protect his members of Parliament from attacks by PF leader Michael Sata.

THE Government has paid the French oil firm, Total Outre'Mer, US$5.5 million for the acquisition of the 50 per cent shares in Indeni Oil Refinery but still owes it $16.7 million in other obligations, Ministry of Energy and Water Development Permanent Secretary Teddy Kasonso has said.

Thousands of Somalis have been trained in Kenya and are ready to join a Somali government offensive against rebels in the failed Horn of Africa state who have vowed loyalty to al Qaeda, security sources said on Friday.

THE K15 billion European Union financial facility, which will benefit 87,000 small-scale farmers is an important contribution by the cooperating partners to improve productivity in the small-scale agriculture sector in the country.

Zambian police said they have opened an investigation into a ruling party activist who threatened to "gang rape" an opposition leader for criticising President Rupiah Banda.

Heavy rains in early 2009 caused one of the worst floods in four decades to hit Namibia, pushing the semi-arid Southern African country into second place in a list of countries most affected by natural disasters last year.

Zambia's main opposition leader, Michael Sata, said a proposed constitutional amendment requiring all presidential candidates to have their first university degree is discriminatory.

THE parliamentary committee on Government Assurances has given a 30 day ultimatum to the Ministry of Communications and Transport in which to stipulate the exact duration that will be required to complete the various railway line development projects.

LUANSHYA, Zambia/DAVOS, Switzerland - With the stoicism demanded of all who hope to make money in Africa, Beauty Chama sits in her empty hair salon in a leafy town in northern Zambia's Copper Belt and looks forward to better times.

Zambia's former leader Frederick Chiluba has endorsed President Rupiah Banda for re-election next year, state media said, in the latest sign of his renewed embrace of the party he once led.

The leader of Zambia's main opposition party, Michael Sata, has said that Chinese and other Asian mining companies are showing almost no consideration for worker safety or local culture.

A Catholic Church bishop who last year described as a scandal the close relationship between the Pope's representative in Zambia and President Rupiah Banda's "corrupt and heedless regime" has resigned.

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The Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI on January 16, 2010, accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Diocese of Ndola presented by Bishop Noel Charles O'Regan, S.M.A, in conformity with the Code of Canon Law, canon 401 2. He is succeeded by Bishop Alick Banda, Coadjutor of the same diocese.

Zambia's electoral body announced Monday that the country is to commence the continuous voter's registration in June and will continue until September this year, as preparation for the 2011 general elections, the Zambian News and Information Service reported here Monday.

FORMER Mineworkers Union of Zambia president Andrew Mwanza has advised union leaders in Zambia to work with the government of the day and promote industrial harmony to ensure productivity in various sectors of the economy.

An adult lion named Lusaka has died at the National Zoo. Zoo officials said Lusaka's health had been in decline for months, and she died Thursday night.

Retired Zambian president Kenneth Kaunda has appealed for financial and drug assistance from India to fight HIV/Aids in southern Africa.

THE Energy Regulation Board has increased the pump price of fuel and other petroleum products by 15 per cent with immediate effect.