The previous day Gunnila Carlsson wrote in a debate article at the Newsmill website that she was very upset by the fact that Swedish aid money has been involved in corruption and fraud in Zambia – over the course of several years – without Sida drawing attention to the dilemma.

Israeli President Shimon Peres says his country is praying for complete recovery of Zambia. Perez made the remarks last evenning (Thursday) when he received credentials from Zambia’s non-resident ambassador to Israel Christina Lambert. The Jerusalem Post reports that Pereze told Lamber that : “We pray for the complete recovery of Zambia, which was exploited for [...]

United Party for National Development (UPND) members in 11 districts in Southern Province want an alliance between their party and the MMD, veteran politician and parliamentary chief whip Vernon Mwaanga has said. Mr Mwaanga said the people of Southern Province have called for a pact between the MMD and the UPND as opposed to the [...]

FORMER Finance minister Katele Kalumba and three others have filed notices of appeal against the five-year jail terms slapped on each of them by a Lusaka magistrate’s court. Kalumba, former Ministry of Finance permanent secretary Stella Chibanda, Access Financial Services (AFS) directors Faustin Kabwe and Aaron Chungu were on Wednesday each convicted and sentenced for [...]