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RB promises to handover genocide suspects to Kagame

President Rupiah Banda has agreed to help Rwanda identify that country’s genocide suspects who may be hiding in Zambia. President Banda and Rwanda’s Paul Kagame held a closed door meeting Monday afternoon in the Rwandan capital Kigali. President Banda flew to Kigali Sunday evening for a two-day state visit. The agenda given for President Banda’s [...]

The Zambian women’s movement on Monday condemned threats of violence against female politicians that have been criticising government. Women For Change (WFC) Executive Director Emily Sikazwe told journalists in Lusaka on Monday that it was unacceptable for supporters of the ruling party to start issuing threats to its critics. She was commenting on threats issued [...]

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Bbondo ward councillor in Gwembe district, Patrick Hanjeme, has appealed to government to consider selling maize to people in the ward through the Food Reserve Agency in order to curb the hunger situation being experienced. Speaking in an interview yesterday with ZANIS, Mr Hanjeme said people in his ward were faced with a serious hunger [...]

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This morning a group of MMD cadres attacked Munali MP, Mumbi Phiri as she was monitoring the keep zambia clean exercise within her constituency.Phiri confirmed this in an interview within her constituency and urged the MMD to ensure it curbs the current violence as it is retrogressive. Meanwhile,several Zambian citizens have bemoaned the violence being [...]

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Zambia coach Herve Renard has revealed that his side is completely distraught after suffering a late 3-2 loss to Cameroon. Chipolopolo had the Indomitable Lions against the ropes until a goalkeeping howler from Kennedy Mweene allowed Geremi to cancel out Jacob Mulenga’s early effort in the 68th minute. Cameroon had their noses up and Samuel [...]

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Chief Government spokesperson, Lieutenant General, Ronnie Shikapwasha has condemned PF leader, Michael Sata for his statement that adopting the 50+1 threshold was the best way to fix president Rupiah Banda. Shikapwasha said in an interview that voting for the clause that supports a majority win to assume power would bring chaos like what is being [...]

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By David Kasuba YOUR article ‘Chinese Crackers’- of Tuesday December 29, 2009 cannot pass without comment. Apart from the insulting heading – Chinese Crackers – the catching statement in your writing is: “There would be nothing resembling The Post in China (remember we are talking of CPC- controlled China and not Hong-Kong. “The judicial system [...]

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The Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU) in Mazabuka has described the upward adjustment in fuel prices as a blow to the flourishing agriculture sector. Mazabuka District Agri-business manager, Clement Phiri told ZANIS in Mazabuka yesterday that the price increase is choking to the agriculture sector because it will push production costs upwards especially on commercial [...]

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