Zambia’s ambassador flees Libya
The Zambian diplomats who had remained in Libya after other Zambians were evacuated on the weekend have also left that country. Zambian Ambassador to Libya, Rueben Musakabantu and three other embassy staff had remained in Tripoli to secure embassy property. But the three got on Kenyan airways commercial flight Wednesday evening and are expected in [...]
Nearly 40 fisherman are feared dead in Zambia after a boat capsized in a heavy storm on a northern lake bordering the Democratic Republic of Congo, a local official said Wednesday. “They were in total 42 fishermen on lake Mweru and the area experienced a storm in the night,” Besa Chimbaka, provincial minister for Zambia’s [...]
Continue reading …Zambia obtained a credit rating from Fitch Ratings as it plans to sell its first dollar-denominated bonds this year. The southern African nation was rated B+ by Fitch, its fourth-highest non-investment grade rating, with a “stable” outlook, the company said in a statement Wedensday. Zambia’s rating is the same as that for Ghana, Kenya and Angola and one [...]
Continue reading …Mugabe could offer refuge to Gadaffi if he is overthrown (Desmond Kwande) President Robert Mugabe has sent troops to Libya to defend Colonel Gadaffi, his long-standing ally and financier. Early last Tuesday morning, several hundred serving and retired Zimbabwean soldiers and a handful of air force pilots flew from Harare to Libya on a chartered [...]
Continue reading …Riots have broken out in Mazabuka district following the death of two people in a stampede after the police allegedly tear gassed a packed tavern were they were watching the English premiership match between Manchester united and Chelsea last evening. The police have moved in the city center to disperse the unruly crowd forcing business [...]
Continue reading …By Alex Bell 01 March 2011 Security crackdowns in Harare and Bulawayo have deterred any mass action against the ZANU PF regime, with no sign of the mass protests that have been encouraged over the past two weeks. Online campaigns that have been circulated by email and on the social networking website Facebook, called on [...]
Continue reading …Confusion has continued haunting the United Party for National Development (UPND) and Patriotic Front (PF) pact. UPND spokesperson Charles Kakoma has told MUVI TV news that his party has received a letter from the PF Leader, Michael Sata, stating that he has nothing to do with the pact from now on. Mr. Kakoma says the [...]
Continue reading …African sex workers to march for their day as Zambia says no immorality here
March 2, 2011 52 CommentsSex workers from Botswana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe will on Wednesday march to demand their rights. In Zambia, sex workers are complaining of police harassment and will not join the marching set for March 3. It is International Sex Worker Rights Day. The police in Zambia also say any immoral act [...]
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