By Sanday Chongo Kabange, AfricaNews reporter in Lusaka, Zambia A humanitarian crisis is looming in several parts of Zambia with the capital, Lusaka under severe rains that have flooded many high density residential areas. Over the past few days, heavy rains that had slightly subdued for about a week have once again resurfaced causing extensive [...]

Zambia’s inflation accelerated to 10.2 percent year-on-year in March on higher food and travel costs, from 9.8 percent the previous month, the Central Statistical Office said on Thursday. “The increase of 0.4 percentage points in the annual inflation rate in March 2010 was attributed to … food products and public transport,” the CSO said. Chibanda [...]

Former Patriotic Front (PF) Secretary General, Edward Mumbi says those who are suggesting that President Rupiah Banda is using public funds when he travels are ignorant. Speaking to joy fm, Mumbi said politicians and citizens should be aware that costs of any visiting President are incurred by the host nation. He was reacting to a [...]

The Citizens Forum has charged that the National Constitutional Conference (NCC) has failed because it has not addressed the desire of the Zambian citizens. Speaking in Lusaka,Citizens Forum Executive Director, Simon Kabanda said despite the deadline for NCC deliberations being August 31, the commission has failed its mandate. Kabanda noted that most clauses adopted by [...]

SENIOR chief Bright Nalubamba of the Ila people of Namwala district yesterday said he will not be left out from participating in the red card campaign. In an interview, chief Nalubamba said as a way of information delivery to the government, he would not be left out of the red card campaign. “When people want [...]

MINISTER of Home Affairs Lameck Mangani says law-enforcement agencies are searching prison files to locate documents related to Patriotic Front (PF) president Michael Sata’s imprisonment, according to Zambia Daily Mail. Mr Mangani said in Lusaka yesterday that the search is going back to the early 1960s. He said investigations into whether Mr Sata was imprisoned [...]