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The Times of Zambia 2 September 2008 THE Government has released K46 billion to the Electoral Commission of Zambia to prepare for the forthcoming presidential by-election. ECZ director Dan Kalale said in an ...

Analysts expect the funeral of President Levy Mwanawasa to herald the onset of a divisive political campaign ahead of presidential elections that have to be held within three months of the Zambian leader's ...

Zambian president Levy Mwanawasa has been buried in the capital Lusaka. Mr Mwanawasa died of a stroke at the age of 59 on 19 August.

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Britain on Tuesday urged Zambian authorities to ensure a free and fair presidential election in November and to avoid a repeat of neighbour Zimbabwe's flawed polls.

The Zambian government must keep a stable investment environment in order to sustain copper production after the recent death of President Levy Mwanawasa, the head of the Chamber of Zambian Mines said on ...

More than a dozen candidates are jostling to replace the late Zambian President, Levy Mwanawasa, in what analysts say is a sign of cracks in the ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy .

The Electoral Commission of Zambia has presented to the government a budget of 240 billion kwacha for the presidential by-election, Zambia Daily Mail reported Saturday.

The Zambian ruling Movement for Multi-Party Democracy in six provinces out of all the nine have endorsed Acting President Rupiah Banda as candidate for the forth-coming presidential by-election, MMD co-founder ...

Eleven African heads of state are expected to arrive in Zambia on Tuesday to attend the late President Levy Mwanawasa's burial, Minister of Foreign Affairs Kabinga Pande said in an interview in Lusaka Thursday.

The ruling Movement for Multi-party Democracy should adopt acting President Rupiah Banda as its candidate for the forthcoming presidential by-election, MMD chairperson for information and publicity Benny ...

Zambia's Vice President Rupiah Banda and two other cabinet ministers have announced bids to succeed President Levy Mwanawasa who died last week, a ruling party official said Wednesday.

Zambian Acting President Rupiah Banda is among four prominent members of the ruling Movement for Multi-party Democracy who have applied to stand on the party ticket to be floated for the republican presidency ...

NATO: Russia not honoring cease-fire terms NATO has called for Russia to honor all six points of a cease-fire agreement brokered by the EU last week to end the fighting in Georgia.

Zambia's First Lady Maureen Mwanawasa today blocked the country's main opposition leader from attending a funeral procession for her husband, President Levy Mwanawasa, who died last week, state radio said.

Abdul'ahat Abdulrixit, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, extended the condolence to the death of Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa on a visit to ...

Two car bombs rocked a hotel and military headquarters in Algeria, killing 12 people yesterday, a day after a suicide bombing nearby killed 43.

Zambia's presidential by-election will be held within 90 days from the death of President Levy Mwanawasa on Tuesday, Justice Minister George Kunda has announced, The Post reported Friday.

ONE Sunday in late June, Levy Mwanawasa, the Zambian president who died this week aged 59, was on the eve of the most momentous day of his career.

The Zambian government announced yesterday that President Levy Mwanawasa, who died this week, would be buried on September 3 after his body had been taken around the country for public viewing.