All Africa (Free subscription) | 10 hours ago
Mamelodi Sundowns Zambian striker Collins Mbesuma was today part of the Chipolopolo squad's first training session on the Copperbelt Province after the team shifted its camping base from Lusaka.
Trade Africa (Free subscription) | 18 hours ago
by Kangwa Mulenga RJ Corporation, an international company which owns the Pepsi soft drink manufacturing firm, has pledged to invest US$30 million in Zambia. The firm has pledged to set up two manufacturing plants for soft drinks and fruit juice in Lusaka and another town respectively. Acting Zambian president Mr Rupiah Banda said having investors such as RJ Corporation, which also owns KFC and Disney,...
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | yesterday
After Zambia's President Levy Mwanawasa was buried in the capital Lusaka on Wednesday, the spotlight immediately shifted to the campaigns to succeed him in the ruling Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD). Since Mwanawasa died in a French hospital on August 19, the MMD, which does not have a vice-president who could have been Mwanawasa's automatic successor, has been embroiled in a leadership crisis....
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
THE MMD has adopted acting President Rupiah Banda as its candidate in the forthcoming presidential election, following the elections by the party's national executive committee (NEC) in Lusaka yesterday.
Afriquenligne (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
Lusaka, Zambia - Local newspapers in Zambia this week gave prominence to the burial on Wednesday of President Levy Mwanwasa, who died on 19 August in Paris, France, where he was admitted after he suffered a stroke on 29 June.
Zambian Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Choose Your Language Of Preference Below French Version German Version Russian Version Spanish Version Portuguese Version Chinese Version Arabic Version By Shapi Shacinda LUSAKA (Reuters) - Zambia’s ruling MMD party chose the country’s vice president, Rupiah Banda, on Friday as its candidate to contest a presidential election due in November, a party official said. Banda beat off a challenge from [...]...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
TWENTY MMD founder members from across the country led by two veteran politicians Vernon Mwaanga and Akashambatwa Mbikusita Lewanika have urged the party's national executive committee (NEC) to endorse acting President Rupiah Banda as party presidential candidate today as prominent Lusaka lawyer and politician Rodger Chongwe threw his weight behind Mr Banda.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
A SOLEMN atmosphere hung over the nation yesterday as Zambians and the international community paid their last respects to President Levy Mwanawasa who was put to rest at Embassy Park in Lusaka.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
The late Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa was buried yesterday at a sombre ceremony in the capital, Lusaka.
Daniel Molokele (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
by Dumisani Nkwamba Lusaka - The race for a new Zambian president is on. The country’s ruling party, the Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD) has called on party leaders and members to be flexible during the process of choosing a new leader. MMD Chairperson Michael Mabenga made the call at the state funeral of President Levy Mwanawasa in the capital, Lusaka. Mabenga says Zambia's new leader must...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
LUSAKA, Zambia -- Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa was buried Wednesday on what would have been his 60th birthday amid accolades from fellow African leaders, but his widow said he died a sad, unappreciated man.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Zambians paid their last respects to Levy Mwanawasa who was buried in Lusaka on Wednesday. Zambia's third President died in a Paris hospital on the 19th of August after he suffered a stroke at the African Union summit in June.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
The national Under-17 football team wrapped up its preparation in fine style ahead of their first leg clash against Zambia in the African Under-17 Championship qualifiers in Lusaka on Sunday.
Pan-African News Wire (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa has died after suffering a stroke at the African Union summit in Egypt. Earlier reports of his death in Paris had been denied by Lusaka. His government had been used by the imperialists to pressurize Zimbabwe. Originally uploaded by Pan-African News Wire File Photos President leaves for Mwanawasa’s burial By Caesar Zvayi PRESIDENT Mugabe left Harare yesterday afternoon...
Zambian Chronicle (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
Choose Your Language Of Preference Below French Version German Version Russian Version Spanish Version Portuguese Version Chinese Version Arabic Version LUSAKA (Reuters) - Southern African leaders gathered in Zambia on Wednesday at the funeral of President Levy Mwanawasa, who turned Africa’s biggest copper producer into a rare African success story. Thousands of Zambians attended the funeral and were...
